Feeling Grey

and the sky feels greyer tonight
I don't really know why,
perhaps it is the rain
after the long hot days.
Too early for the mistral winds,
maybe I should blame El Nino
or just, for a moment
on a long sleepless night,
it is just me and my doubts
and where I belong
or don't.

The leaves feel more dense,
hiding the sky,
foliage grows like a jungle
and I hide in the green
hoping not to be seen,
just me and this
gnawing inside.

I blinked back the sting,
swallowed on nothing,
no bile, no sugar
just my heart filling up
that it feels too big
filling that cavity
and the beat gives no comfort
on a grey lonely night.
Perhaps it's a mood
a thought or a feeling,
maybe I am tired
and lacking the sun.

I'll close up the windows
as I head up to bed
if I cannot see
then nothing sees me
and tonight, it will end
and tomorrow will be
what tomorrow will be.





Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2014-05-22 at 20:04

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This is a little sad and wrrysome at the sart but the piece ends hopefully, bring on tomorrow, lets meet it head on!
2014-06-20



I love this poem.I have read it so many times and each read is so splendid.It is like all of your work something so very special:)
2014-06-19


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Nicely done, Elle. It takes some artistry to make a good poem out of a blah day.
2014-05-25


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Great mood piece Elle.

Joe
2014-05-23


shells
A melancholy piece, I know that unsettling feeling, the prescription is a brand knew day, preferably full of sunshine.
2014-05-22