Left Behind

[John Barnett]

My whole life is going straight down a drain
Lord forgive me of my sins
But I'm feeling some pain
I can't regain, the happiness I once possesed
Now people tell me I'm obsessed
But I'm just stressed
Everyone seems to leave my side
Promises are broken and turn to lies
All I can do and sit around and wonder why
All I ever see is rain pour from the sky
Down on me

My soul bleeds daily, from the moment I wake
Until the moment I lay down for a sleepless night
Dreams I have are plain out of sight
No vision, no guarantee, just a heavy mind
And a heart empty
I cry tears, bitter tears of pain
And all I wish to do is regain
The feeling of joy, I once was a happy boy
But now I am purged with heartache
And everyone is leaving, and I plead
Stay for our sake, things won't be the same
No one listens, no one cares
This is the end of me

Now you lay me down, and leave me be
Not a hint of joy is left inside of me
Everywhere I go, everything I do
Everything I know, reminds me of you
But you took another path
And I live in the past
Hoping and praying for you to come back
While my world is black
Out of wack, I'm insane
It all leads back to the pain
That you left me with
When you turned me away
And now I'm gone
Just as you

[alostandbrokensoul]

this is really good i enjoyed it adn the second stanza was my favorite!!

[John Barnett]

Thank u

[X x K e l Z x X]

This is good and deep John, great again. Nice to see a poem from you too!

[Seth]

Hm. This piece left me remembering
some bittersweet memories from my past...
Love the feel and emotion flowing
through each word and line.
The rhythm and style was very catchy
and easy to read.
Stellar write.

[luscious]

I absolutely loved the flow of this poem...and it is my great pleasure to meet you through your words..The human pschic is so tender and yet few understand nor do they care that their behaviour can forever cause a scar of the soul...

Luscious

[rinna(on leave...for eternity)]

it's great to see you writing again, John. the second stanza was a killer. great work.