\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/2023973-Cloak
Item Icon
Rated: E · Poetry · Dark · #2023973
A poem about trying to hide from life's unavoidable pains.
I've learned to live in darkness,
a blank stare on my face.
Where once I used to live my life,
a distant zombie takes my place.

Day to night, to week, to month,
years piled on a shelf.
N every morn I grab my cloak,
and drag it round myself.

My head I wrap up tightly,
why do I try to hide?
Arms, shoulders, legs and feet,
all neatly tucked inside.

I use my cloak to hide myself,
to keep away the doom.
But suddenly it came to me,
this cloak is now my tomb.
© Copyright 2014 Zebra spots (zebraspots at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work.
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/2023973-Cloak