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fireeyes24
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MAY 17, 2009 12:59PM

Solitude

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Hidden under covers
Turning days into nights
Time passing slowly
Life stands still
Tremble and shake
Every tear that falls
Troubled thoughts
Unanswered questions
No explanation
Pushed into yesterday
Gone as today
Words spoken
Truth never told
Haunting dreams
Plaques the mind
Lost forever
Finding pieces
Broken everywhere
Sorrow taunting
Body aches
Choke on words
Never spoken
Screaming inside
No one to hear
Alone in the dark
Lost somewhere
Solitude
Clock ticking
Silence piercing
No escaping
Taking memories
Holding onto nothing
No looking back
Turn around
Walk away


© 2009 Fireeyes24

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I just love this post fireeyes.
These lines are written so well.
Jus' beautiful indeed.
Mission
May 17, 2009 01:03 PM
Unfortunately, I think I have had days like this.

This is exceptionally well conceived.
Harp
May 17, 2009 01:28 PM
I know I have had days like these. Dark, brutal days. And then little by little, life becomes bearable again.
Wordsmith
May 17, 2009 01:37 PM
I can relate ever so intimately.
dynomyte
May 17, 2009 01:38 PM
this is very powerful fireeyes. and like wordsmith said, things do get better, even when it seems like they won't.
nanatehay
May 17, 2009 01:52 PM
Wow, Fireeyes, what a sad, heartfelt poem, so real and tangible for many of us... a big hug to you.
Marcela in English
May 17, 2009 02:05 PM
Thank you for this poem, love it. this sticks with me for today:

"Clock ticking
Silence piercing
No escaping
Taking memories
Holding onto nothing"

peece,
dj
Jimenace
May 17, 2009 02:29 PM
Thank you everyone for all your kind words and compliments on the poem. I am so happy to hear everyone loved the poem. It comes straight from heart to the keyboard. All part of the lessons in life we have to learn, pick up the pieces and go on. Thank you very much. Love and Hugs to you all.
fireeyes24
May 17, 2009 03:59 PM
your poem reveals the sadness of solitude. --rated-
Chuck A. Stetson
May 17, 2009 04:29 PM
powerful stuff!
Brian B
May 17, 2009 04:44 PM
This is one of your best works ever! Beyond rated!
zumalicious
May 17, 2009 05:41 PM
This is really good work Miss Fireeyes. We all have days like that. I try to keep them to a minimum, but they are sometimes unavoidable. We just need to get up, brush ourselves off and find a way to get on with it.
Michael Rodgers
May 17, 2009 06:31 PM
I think you just plucked my heartstrings...I can feel my whole body vibrating in response. Beautifully written.
AshKW
May 17, 2009 06:38 PM
Got me, FE. Nicely done.

Rated
Boanerges1
May 17, 2009 08:10 PM
eyes

Very moving, very moving indeed
Boomer Bob
May 17, 2009 08:31 PM
Thank you everyone for your comments and compliments. I am glad you all liked the poem and thought it to be powerful and beautiful. Amazing what the human emotions and feelings read like when revealed. Thank you for your kind words and concerns. I will be okay and I will take care of myself. Lots of movies and lot of ice cream. Ice cream of course with LOTS of chocolate syrup and brownies cut up in it. Grins!Thank you! Love and hugs!!
fireeyes24
May 17, 2009 08:33 PM
One thing in life that we learn through heart ache is that not everyone you care about and love will always care and love you back. But you must always try to open your heart to love someone and have the courage to let them love in return. Thank you everyone! Hugs!
fireeyes24
May 17, 2009 08:38 PM
a beautiful poem
hope the writer feels better
Kathy Knechtges
May 18, 2009 12:03 AM
Sadly beautiful. I see more hopeful days that wipe away the solitude and the thoughts that dwell in the dark.

Monte
Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield
May 18, 2009 12:12 AM
Kathy and Monte- Thank you! I am feeling better. Sometimes solitude makes you take a look at things in life that are more important. Stepping outside the box and looking inward to see things from in a different perspective. Glad you found the poem sadly beautiful. I started to just write my feelings down word for word and the poem fell into place. There are many better days ahead. Thank you for your kind words.
fireeyes24
May 18, 2009 12:21 AM
Lovely piece.....but in many contexts, solitude is good, I crave it during the creative processes, but in that context, it is only good when I choose it. I think writers need a good quantity of it.
Gary Justis
May 18, 2009 08:21 AM
Beautiful. I'm a bit better at solitude nowadays. I used to fear it. Maybe I still do.
gracielou
May 18, 2009 08:56 AM
Nice poem. I can certainly relate. How did you learn to write poetry? Formal study or just creative?
I Love Life
May 18, 2009 09:43 AM
Finding pieces
Broken everywhere
Sorrow taunting
Body aches
Choke on words
Never spoken

You really hit this...cuts right to the bone....
Robin Sneed
May 18, 2009 09:44 AM
Beautiful. Poetry may be your thing!
tai
May 18, 2009 09:49 AM
Fe24...very nicely done. So many emotions and so little time. I hear you loud and clear. Focus on the positive ones, it helps some.
Keep up the great work.
Rated & Cheers!
Texas Bubba
May 18, 2009 10:56 AM
I can very much tell this came straight from the heart. Powerful writing fireeyes.
annette2009
May 18, 2009 01:12 PM
Gary and Gracelou- Yes solitude can and is a great thing. I find peace in it all the time mostly when I am being creative. Just not like the solitude of loneliness and heartbreak. Thank you I am glad you liked it.

PatriciaK- I have always written poetry I think I started in high school, not taught just creative. It is that artist creative mind of mine. Thank you

Robin-That part does cut to the bone. There are always so many words never spoken that we always wished we had. Thank you very much

Harry-Thank you

Tai- I have always loved writing poetry I find peace in it. Thank you very much

Texas Bubba-So many emotions and so little time-I think it took less than five minutes to write this poem. It was all my emotions that I was feeling, I just started writing them down. I am focusing on the positive ones, trying too. Thank you

Annette2009-Yeah straight from the heart and not holding anything back. Glad you found it powerful. Thank you very much.
fireeyes24
May 18, 2009 01:36 PM
Heartfult job. Keep writing.
ConnieMack
May 18, 2009 02:43 PM
oops! Heartfelt.

Though "heartfult" could be a conjoining of heartful and heartfelt, ay?
ConnieMack
May 18, 2009 02:43 PM
. . . or would that be heart full.

heart-full?

It's monday, so I'm inartful.

(inartfult!)
ConnieMack
May 18, 2009 02:44 PM
Connie- Hey it all sounds good to me..LOL Besides it is Monday which is always the worst day of the week and what doesn't happen on Monday happens twice as bad on Tuesday. Thank you much for you comments. I will keep up the good work.
fireeyes24
May 18, 2009 03:04 PM
JayBusse-Thank you
fireeyes24
May 18, 2009 03:31 PM
At age 60, and single since age 48, I often look at my aging hands and think, "How long has it been since someone reached for you?" Hauntingly, poignantly stated, fireeyes.
--rated--
Mothership
May 19, 2009 01:04 AM
Mothership- Hauntingly, poignantly stated-Thank you very much. I think we have all thought "how has it been since someone reached for you?" a few times in our lives. I know have asked myself that many times. And also asked many times "How long has it been since someone just held you?" Thank you so much for coming by to read the poem.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 01:11 AM
I think my entire winter was like this.... I thought the damned ice storms would never end... now the rains have come... yep, I totally recognize this solitude.
MiddleAgedWomanBlogging
May 19, 2009 02:03 AM
Middleagewomanblogging- Oh I can relate about the winters. When I lived out on the farm seemed like I was snowed in or iced in every weekend. Got a lot of remodeling done and drank a lot of beers too. Oh that solitude can be nice and enjoyable at times but can also get boring and the feeling of lost sets in. Thank you for much for your comment. I hope the rain stops long enough for you to have some sunny days.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 02:09 AM
so sad, but also so true -- You've taken something that most of us have felt & turned it into words. You understand how it is to feel broken & alone & "screaming inside." Beautifully expressed, fireeyes -- having been there I can tell you that you nailed it --
suzie
May 19, 2009 02:15 AM
Suzie- I can tell you that knowing how it feels and writing neither one wasn't easy. It started out just me writing what I was feeling and my thoughts down on paper, not really placing them in an order. I nailed it huh? I do hope it helps others as it did help me to write and express it. Thank you very much for you kind words and compliment on the poem.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 02:24 AM
this resonated. thank you.
fingerlakeswanderer
May 19, 2009 08:17 AM
Thanks. Yes. Solitude. (I'm so late and would read all day if it were possible.
Nature stimulates. I'll now go hoe. I'm becoming a token bog farmer.
The follow the Feed reminds me of a 'epic' in daily loco-commotion, and wonderful animation motion. That's to say:`Great stimulations.

Beautiful.
Ay, to behold.
Truth is a ode.
Beauty is truth.
Arthur James
May 19, 2009 08:30 AM
I could have said a lot more, but, I would rather see you happy then writing fantastic poetry describing pain, loss, or meloncholly.
tai
May 19, 2009 10:30 AM
Ah, fire, very powerful. The only thing, for me, harder than having one's heart broken is to break one. That's just me.
Very well done poem. I think this touches all of where we live.


rated
john walker
May 19, 2009 10:38 AM
Fingerlake-Welcome! Thank you very much.

Arthur- Beauty is truth indeed. Thank you very much for your wonderful comment.

Tai-I know you would rather see that, soon.. I will be okay I will get there. Thank you very much for your kind comment and your concern.

JohnWalker-Glad you found the poem powerful and beautiful. Yes breaking hearts are harder than getting your heart broken sometimes. I think you are right it does touch all where we live, many have stated that in their comments in many different words.
Thank you very much
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 11:35 AM
Definitely got to me. Very nice.
Cocoalfresco
May 19, 2009 12:32 PM
Cocoalfresco- Got you huh? I think by the all the comments I got a few people on this poem. Thank you for your kind comment.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 12:37 PM
I hate this feeling of being empty and hurt and lost.

d
denese
May 19, 2009 01:33 PM
Denese- I hate this feeling of hurt, lost,empty and despair also. I wish it would all go away. Soon and in time it will. Thank you very much for coming by and reading this poem.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 01:48 PM
Solitude can sometimes be comforting and sometimes not your friend. Delicate balance.
Make the world come back in a brand new way; on your terms.

Live well, treat yourself like a guest, put out the best towels, wear a dress you were saving for a special occasion or one that has been forgotten in the extra closet, paint your toe nails red, use a great smelling new shampoo, buy yourself flowers, take a walk somewhere new, plan a grand adventure, even if it's right in your own back yard.

Your poem is beautiful and haunting.
Cathy GF
May 19, 2009 03:23 PM
Just Cathy- Thank you I am glad you found the poem beautiful and haunting. Yes solitude can be your best friend or sometimes your enemy. Thank you for the wonderful helpful advice. you are such a sweetheart. I did wear my best "power" suit dress today for a job interview and I do have to say I looked damn good in it and the interview went GREAT! Already have a 2nd interview lined up. Thank you {HUGS}
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 04:50 PM
Well written, FE! Rated
OEsheepdog
May 19, 2009 08:20 PM
OESheepdog and Scupper- Thank you very much.
fireeyes24
May 19, 2009 08:48 PM
Excellent poem!!!! Very nice.
Tinkerertink69
May 20, 2009 12:50 AM
Tink-Thank you very much!
fireeyes24
May 20, 2009 01:12 AM
" Choke on words
Never spoken
Screaming inside
No one to hear"
These ten words spoke volumes to me.
Remember! It is better to be alone than lonely. I know. I have been there and done that.
Thanks for the "blog-date" ; )
Rated
Trudge164
May 20, 2009 08:31 AM
FE - this is such an intense poem - usually when I think of solitude, I imagine peace and tranquility, but there is also a time when solitude can be as you describe it here. I have had plenty of experience with that kind of solitude as well. Peace to you!
dustbowldiva
May 20, 2009 08:55 AM
Trudge-Those ten words do say volumes. Yes it is better to be alone than lonely. Thank you for the blog-date.smiles

Dustbowldiva- I know the peaceful and tranquility side of solitude also, enjoy it when I am being creative and inspired. Then there is the solitude of loneliness and despair that so many of us have lived through and that is the solitude I have described here. Peace back to you. Thank you very much.
fireeyes24
May 20, 2009 04:35 PM
Love it FE. Especially the line: "Plaques the mind..." absolutely beautiful (and I can't wait to work it into some conversation - credit due to you!). So much feeling in so few, perfectly chosen words.
Debra Victoroff
May 21, 2009 10:23 AM
Dcv- Yes so many feelings described in just few select words. Words that have cut to the bone for so many in different times in our lives. "Plaques the mind" was the only way I could describe the many thoughts that over run the mind in times like this. You will have to let me know how using those words work for you. Thank you very much for your oh so kind comment.
fireeyes24
May 23, 2009 12:48 PM
I love the images free flowing through a tortured mind but knowing the answers is hardly a consolation . When you know the answers the dreams finally stop and then…
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