The Letter

Dear everyone.

Today I witnessed the death of passion

And the rebirth of forgotten, buried times.

Today, a section of life has ended, moved on,

For nothing good ever lasts.



Abandon your hopes,

Cast out your dreams;

A joyless world has no color,

For everything is suddenly broadcasted to the mind

In piercing black and white.



Serenity becomes foreign,

An alien word and emotion to all,

Leaving a cold, empty void where roses once bloomed.

Shades overcome hallowed ground

And vines greedily overtake beauty.



A silent scream drones in the back of my mind

It is my Heart, calling for my attention;

It has fallen from grace,

No longer in a feeling of warmth,

But drowning in the fire of empathy and loathing.



Does this matter in the least,

The worries and sorrows of such a soul?

I, for one, would think not;

Such problems are not the troubles of others.

Silence is a virtue I must behold and adore.



So it is written, these words of mine,

Together combined as a testament to such days of lament.

I know not what lies in the clearing of this path,

If it be for good or for ill,

But I will wait for my serenity, my love, to return

Once more.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

It's a sad, and pretty sloppily written, poem.

Get over it.

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Nikole's picture

ugh! i love this one. it is not sloppily written, quit being so emo. i really liked this one. the whole concept of silent suffering is really easy to relate to for me. i really like this one alot, thankyou for writing it...

Stormie Summers's picture

hmm....this got me to think...i like that. well written! you seem like someone that i could definately relate to. we seem to have a lot of the same feelings accoring to this poem,but who's to judge by that? maybe if you read some of mine you can relate to them. so any way, great poem and i cant wait to read more.