Is nowhere safe?
Some place to hide my head
I need peace
Bury myself in the sand
Subterranean
Shelter from the world again
Is nowhere safe?
Some place to hide my head
I need peace
Bury myself in the sand
Subterranean
Shelter from the world again
The stray comes ’round again, looking for a meal
Always keeps its’ distance, never comes to heel
Appeal with gentle words
It doesn’t mean a thing
Desperation dictates
Hunger is king
Fear, his queen
Absolute power
Control complete
Sunken cheeks
Sharp hips
All ribs
Painful image
Edge of nothingness
Silent terror suddenly speaks
Cold sweat, weak in the knees
Familiarity laced with dread
Strange sounds, heard out of context
Reflex delayed
Fear of another kind
A feeling so innate
Crawling up my spine
Stridulations of the wolf linger in my mind
Bard for the new generation, spinning tales of lost wonder
Of a time before, of peaceful slumber
Fantastic dreams
Waking adventures
Peaceful strolls, and cooler tempers
Wandering, taking life in stride
Carefree, with a stranger by your side
Eye to eye
Face to face
A sense of better things soon to come your way
A place detached
Now a figment of the mind
Stories of a Century that I left behind
Well, it seems I’ve let my health slip too far into decline once again. There’s a fair chance this will be my final entry, yet I find there’s little I have left to say. I suppose after the amount of deeply introspective poetry I’ve written, most of the bases have been covered. I’ve loved and lost, lived and genuinely died, I’ve given, and sadly taken a life, and had second, third, even fourth chances to make things right. I want for little at this point in my short, but full existence. Naturally, I hold a wealth of regret that I’m sure to take to my grave, but the past can’t be changed. As I previously mentioned, there really isn’t much to say, other than to thank anyone who has ever taken the time to read one of my rambles, whether or not it was a poem. Know that my words carry the truth and essence of who I really am.
With love,
Justin Arthur Clapp – Lloyd
As the world closes in
Narrows ’round your eyes
A sense of panic breaks
A storm comes with the tide
Crashing like the waves
Blood rushing past your ears
Flow ebbing through your veins
Heart beating loud and clear
Crushing like the ocean
Abysmal fathoms, deeper fears
Dragged down by emotion
Pressures great
Waters unclear