The darkness that creeps across my room,
The shadows that dance and play in the gloom.
I dread the thought of me seeing tomorrow,
My heart is filled with pain and bitter sorrow.
Sometimes i wish i could just close my eyes,
Never again would I see the morning sunrise.
Night after night as i lie in my bed,
night after night I'm all alone in my head.
dark turns to light that pierces my eyes,
It fills me with sorrow as I watch the sunrise.
I get up and go on and somehow get through,
I always end up back here when the dearness creeps through.
In 2015, I wrote this poem during a tough time in my life. It describes the deep loneliness and sadness I felt. The dark room and shadows in the poem symbolize my negative thoughts.
I dreaded facing a new day and often wished I didn’t have to wake up. This is evident when I talk about not wanting to see the sunrise.
The part about lying in bed shows how isolated I felt, and I had many sleepless nights filled with worry.
The change from night to day in the poem represents the hard reality I faced each morning. No matter how difficult, I kept going. However, every night, I’d find myself back in that sad space.
This poem was a way for me to express my feelings and understand them better.
Blakeney-Rose Berry 