Poems

I stumbled across a couple of poems I wrote a long time ago (back in high school!), and somehow they seem a little bit fitting to my situation now:

Despair

Falling down a staircase

Each step an eternity

A downward spiral 

Toward complete and utter darkness.

My scream pierces the calmness

Of the dark, crisp night

And all is still...

For but a moment.

I call for help

But receive no answer

I pray to God

But I do not hear his voice.

Does anyone care?

Is anyone listening?

Maybe I'm better off.  

And I wrap myself up

In my blanket of loneliness

Never again to be uncovered

And maybe...(never again to be?)

Don't Shut Me Out

Don't shut me out

You'll still hear me

Don't leave me hang

I might fall

Open you eyes and look closely

Try not to be so appalled

I may not be the person you want me

But I refuse to act out the part

Love me for me now or leave me

For I can't change what comes from my heart