A Poem: Lost Thoughts
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I sit alone;
surrounded by darkness
submerged in my own psyche
searching for lost thoughts;
buried deep,
amid uninvited shadows
that lurk inside my head.
I stare through the charcoal molecules
dancing before my eyes
a monstrous vacuum...
I know there is nothing to see;
nothing at all.
I listen to the forlorn stillness
a sepulchral silence
envelopes me
I know there is nothing to hear;
nothing at all.
I reach deeper;
inside my expiring brain
scavenging for what I once knew
in a disappearing mindless pool
that was once my memory.
There is nothing...
in this ebony pitt...
nothing at all.
My mind is void;
a vacant hollow;
my thoughts lost in a sea of grey
a swirling mass of memories
absent;
gone a stray.
A malady of parasites
have found my thoughts
the leeches won't let go;
filthy toothed creatures
I feel them slowly gnawing
on all that I once knew.
Obscurity steals through my head
a dark and evil fiend
all is left to float forever
abandoned to an abyss
a forgotten mind of memories
and lost thoughts admist
an intellect of dying cells
finally suppressed.
I sit alone; in the darkness
forsaken and forlorn
within this desolate chasm
of lost thoughts
and emptiness
engulfed by isolation;
an eternal limbo
now my home.
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your vocabulary is astonishing! you write with a style and grace of another time when words were not so simplistic. the diction, in itself, is an artform...
voted up and beautiful.
Escaping society my friend is not the same as being ejected from it. Thank you for reading and for your comment, I appreciate your words and your time.
Awsome poetry it is me and how wonderful it must be to escape society for i feel its a large part that creates those thoughts.
Yes! I now believe he was :)
Perhaps he was lost somewhere beautiful.
Hi Happyboomernurse.
I wrote this poem in memory of an old man. He had the bluest eyes and the warmest heart. When I looked into his eyes; the blueness I once knew was still there, but the rest of him seemed to be ebbing; wondering; lost. I always hoped he was lost somewhere beautiful.
All I saw... well... you know that already: you read the poem. I saw nothing; nothing at all.
Alzheimer's: a malady of parasites.
Thank you for your words.
I think my nursing background affected my interpretation of this poem because I saw it as how a person suffering from Alzheimer's might feel, sitting alone in a corner of a nursing home.
Powerful poem no matter how you interpret it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your time innoialifa. Your comment is very much appreciated :)
Well -expressed sentiments,keep on beautifying the world with your poems...
Tanx for reading jami I. pereira :)
Great write , thanks for sharing!
Hi carol3san. Tanx for taking the time to read. I took that photo a couple of years ago; it's one of my favorite.
Thanks for the poem. It is very well written and is also a good read. The picture of the dark clouds is very effective.
Welcome to HubPages therogoddess!
Tanx for popping in; I appreciate your time and your comments.
Best of luck with your writing :)
WOW...EXCELLENT CHOICE OF WORDS..IAM NEW HERE BUT OUT OF ALL IVE READ YOUR WRITINGS ARE GREAT..KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..NOW I KNOW SOMEONE IN PORTUGAL...ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS, AN WE ARE A MILLION MILES AWAY, I CONNECT WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR WRITINGS GOOD JOB.
Tanx for reading fashion :)
The people are still as good hearted. I often come home to fresh bread hanging on my door or vegetables fresh from the ground. The city has grown but there are still many rural spots.
Very interesting and well written poem.
Tell me is Portugal still as pretty as it was back in the 70's and are the people still as good hearted.
Ah! writer20 so do I. Thank you :)
I'm close to your words, your poem is very interesting.
Here's hopefully our brain cells stays with us for the coming years.
Hi AliciaC. I love that you got the photo :) So glad you dropped by, tanx.
I love your poem! It contains vivid images and the photo contributes so well to the mood and theme of the poem. Voted beautiful.
I sometimes wonder how honest we all are about our state of mind. But I'd like to think you're right; everyone and anyone can feel like this at some time.
Tanx for your time and your comment :)
very interesting and great choice of words!!This state of mind is true for everyone and anyone at some point of life! Lost in thought or lost thoughts haunt the mind and uncertainty dwells for quite sometime!!
voted up!
Gabriel Wilson Hub Author 6 months ago
Thank you for your time Ama Tainted; glad to meet you.