Across The Grain

[Lindar]

Go ahead and tear me apart for this, but it's ok, I'm working on a story, but this is what i have today. Has nothing to do with my story though.

As a child shivers in fear
At the sound of a scolding voice
So I feel inside at your touch
I come undone

I thought I knew everything
The rules to life
But I realized too late, far too late
That thinking such was just a dream

Then things seemed far too good to be true
Maybe I should have realized it sooner
Since I never wanted to hurt you
And no one ever wants to be hurt themselves

But it makes little sense
Since I hardly cried a tear
And I can pretend nothings changed
But that’s not fair, and it isn’t right

As a child in darkness
Shivers and hides in bed
Threatened by only the thoughts in his head
With only a glimmer of hope

I’ve known despair, and I’ve known most else
The shaking inside never stops
But no matter how I beg for the night to stay
Eventually she must fade away

As a child stands up to a bully
Shivering yet strong, only to end up humiliated and broken
So I stand anxiously keeping little hope
The little that clings to me is like a hangman’s rope

As unwilling as a child to change
Yet time would play her cards
I never quite realized before
That things like this would be hard

But as a child I’ll stand my ground
Though I might be scared
There’s more to this than I understand
Yet, though I try I can’t stop wondering

Have I truly lost you?
Did I really care?
I doubt there’s a way of knowing
Since these things are never clear

Yet I’m as a child
Filled more with the joy than pain
But thinking that I lost one once
Will I ever be the same?

[Ghost Rider]

It's a nice poem, a bit grim in some ways, but I enjoyed reading it.

And really we've had poetry before. It's not anything wrong to do so .

[Lindar]

If I’d have realized from the start
The trouble that she’d cause
I would have stayed miles away
From her tempting claws and haunting play
If I had realized before we embraced
I’d have turned my eyes away from her false grace
The tears that she shed never were true
And there’s no way that I’ll make it through
Standing on the edge of something that I don’t really understand
Messing with something that I can’t even comprehend
If I had known her for what she really was
Maybe then I would have broken her heart, just because
Because of her cruelty, because of her lies
Because of the mocking she hid in her eyes
If I had realized before she was close
Maybe I wouldn’t have lost what I chose
My heart was true I swear to you
And she’s the first mistake to leave me blue
But if I had known would I have changed
Had I been warned, would I have rearranged
I don’t really know and I can’t say I care
Since me then and now can’t really share
The truth that we know
From what makes us grow
But if I had known that she’d break my heart
I’d have left her alone right from the start

Thanks Ghost. I know that there's been poetry. I'm just working on settling though.