All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
The Dark
Today I looked into the dark
It was in the corner of the room.
Nobody saw it, except for me
In all its loneliness and gloom.
I stared at it with a heavy heart
I knew soon I would be going there;
And no one around me said a word
They were too happy to care.
My friends didn’t even notice
That I was slipping away.
While all the pain inside my heart
Knocked me to my knees today.
I was being eaten alive
By all the tears that filled me;
And even though I screamed for help,
Nobody could hear my plea.
The sorrow stopped my every breath;
It made me bleed all over the floor.
It took everything I ever had
And in the end it wanted more.
“Come to me,” beckoned the dark,
“I can hide you from the pain.
Your friends won’t know where to look;
You’ll never be the fool again.”
I looked to my jolly good friends,
Who were too busy to realize
While they were being stupid teens
I was fading on the inside.
Another painful stab to my heart
Forced me down; I couldn’t stand.
My heart barely beat as I cried,
“Please, help me! Save me! Grab my hand!”
They just watched as I couldn’t breathe,
As my heart slowed to a stop.
“Life is so lonely,” I told them
“When you don’t belong at the top.”
With those last words, the grief had killed me.
No one even knew I died.
My soul was gone, missing, AWOL;
Because they couldn’t see through the tears I cried.
I walked into the dark today
In hopes of finding my precious coal.
But to no avail I did seek;
I could not find my soul.
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 1 comment.
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments
Favorite Quote:
"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first Law of Equivalent Exchange."