Seduced By Malice

I look out my window and all I see

Are shadows mocking me

With malice burning in their eyes

And words spilling forth in the form of lies

 

A part of me wants to die

Because life is a bittersweet joke

That spells disaster at every turn

 

But then I realize all my foes

Who despise my writing

Who loathe how I look

Might get great satisfaction

From my death

 

And the last thing I want to do

Is give grace to fiends bold and true

Because I will continue on

Even after they are gone

Reviews

[Enigma]

I sense the speaker's angst as she deals with the malicious looks of the shadows that mock her. But hey, they are shadows. Insubstantial and immaterial, if you'd want them to be so. Although, the intention to continue living is guided by not giving those tormentors the satisfaction of watching the speaker defeated and dead, at least it is a good motivation, and strong enough to keep her fighting on. There is as much power in this piece as there is pain. Beautifully penned. :)

[KAREN]

Love how you turned the poem from talk about death to about living, and letting everyone one know you will move on!

[sivan]

nothing is dispensible that is the thought in my mind flow when reading this

[Becky C Strukamp]

Your words rendered me with great thougths that have lingered dwelled inside me forever. Excelellent deliverance!

[caroline]

This poem to me illustrates the true fate of depression. The enlightment when we find that dying is not all it is cracked up to be.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed the cruelty that mocks at us all, well done, good read.

[Cosmic kid]

Great poem. Very heartfelt and strong. Don't let them get their way do your own thing and you'll be just fine :)

[darkness*star1985]

This write, your words in this reach down and pulled out the very turth of this painful and dark place of my very soul. I love this work so much. when i read this i could feel the emotion, because i have falt the very same. excellent write.

[R.A. Youngblood]

Dark, emotional, sad, painful, empty, scary. I specially like the second stanza, it's the most powerful to me and it have it's message which is pretty true.
Thanks for sharing..Keep it up :D