Fragile Cloth

July 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm · Filed under Dark Side, Poems ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, curtain, depression, fragile cloth, http://dversepoets.com/2012/07/05/whats-the-buzz/, http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.com/, story, the storms of life, writer

I don’t know if this quite fits the theme Charles is looking for over at dVerse Pots Pub for the “What’s the Buzz” feature, but it seems so. In any case, I hope you enjoy it; it’s one of my older ones.

Fragile Cloth

 

I stare at the tattered curtain

A fragile cloth worn thin

Too many days of wear and tear

Hurts and pains are sifting in

 

Turn now, go another way

Repent and sin not again

Failure calls out, come to me

I hold tight to the will to win

 

Slipping, I cry out, cloth tears

Deep depression coddles me close

I linger, allow it to hold me

All while hating the evil host

 

In its arms pain overwhelms me

I struggle and try to pull free

Holds me tight, whispers, give in

Says there is nothing out there for me

 

Cries of anguish seem not mine

Yet my eyes the one that rain

Tearing loose I run to light

Knowing here I cannot remain

 

Cloth, behind me, thinner still

Gaping hole with edges tattered

From the chasm, booming laughter

My dreams around me, shattered

 

On and on the battle rages

I never lose… yet never win

The cloth that keeps me sane

Torn too often… worn too thin

 

Copyright © 1998 C. Mashburn

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