poem-lonely

poem-lonely May 20, 2015

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 9:24 am
Tags: alliteration, anxiety, assonance, consonance, depression, family, metaphor, poem, poetry

I do not know what to do

about your screams.

It seems you plunge

to unplumbable depths

and I do not know

how to swim.

The mists of melancholy

shroud the waters,

coat you in agony,

fog reason, and

I fear I am not lighthouse

enough to guide you home.

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17 Responses to “poem-lonely”

ifrahrao Says:
May 20, 2015 at 10:42 am
Amazing!

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taidglines Says:
May 20, 2015 at 10:49 am
Wow, I love this! So much emotion in the first 6 lines…and such naked honesty about feelings and fear in the last. Something tells me that you might be more lighthouse than you think!

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 20, 2015 at 2:29 pm
  Ah. That’s sweet.
  
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Phil Says:
May 20, 2015 at 11:01 am
Reblogged this on Poems No One Cares About and commented:
Very nice poem from another writer

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casandralee Says:
May 20, 2015 at 11:02 am
I always felt we must each help our own selves, which may seem terribly selfish but sometimes we cannot give others what they need.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 20, 2015 at 2:28 pm
  Like the airlines tell us, “Put on your own oxygen mask first!”
  
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bluesage63 Says:
May 20, 2015 at 11:16 am
amazing piece.. I feel

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 20, 2015 at 2:19 pm
  Thanks.
  
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knschultz Says:
May 20, 2015 at 11:40 am
Reminds me of all the times I tried saving friends from drug addictions and failed. Sometimes you just aren’t enough to save them. It’s haunting and character building.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 20, 2015 at 2:19 pm
  Haunting and character building. Or perhaps character building because it’s haunting? I’m glad you were able to connect to it.
  
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colonialist Says:
May 20, 2015 at 1:55 pm
This really eloquently describes the helpless feeling one suffers when dealing with a seriously depressive person.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
  Thank you. That was the goal.
  
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righteousbruin9 Says:
May 21, 2015 at 10:19 pm
You surely must do what you can, to shine your light. Even a dim beacon is better than pitch blackness.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 21, 2015 at 10:43 pm
  I suppose, though frustrating!
  
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wbdeejay Says:
May 22, 2015 at 5:58 am
Sometimes, seeing a faint light there trying to guide, is enough help.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  May 22, 2015 at 3:29 pm
  One hopes
  
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  - wbdeejay Says:
    May 22, 2015 at 5:29 pm
    Speaking from recent experience, it is true.