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    Billy Martin
  • Billy Martin
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  • 10/22/2011
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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An Intropection - 3. The Shadow

This poem was written about a time I spent in the hospital when I was in my mid-teens. This was my second operation to have a tumor removed. Once they got in, they had to take out a kidney. I felt like nothing I did was making a difference. My body was working against me. And when my parents visited, I would always see the tears in their eyes when they looked at me. I was starting to give up. Then nightmares began. I couldn't take it anymore. Then one day, my best friend visited me.

The Shadow

A shadow, a faceless figure stands off in the distance, in a black cloak dressed.
My eyes narrowed, searching for the unknown motive, trying not to stress.
As the shadow draws nigh, darkness seems to surround me. Where's the light?
The heart quickens, cold sweat, muscles tense, I turn and take flight.

I awake to the sound of beeps, in a room of white and disinfectant smell.
Voices outside the door, people dressed in white, a place I know too well.
Familiar voices enter the room. A man and a woman I hold dear.
I look into their faces and turn so not to see the tear.

Each night the shadow returns. Each night I hide or run.
Each night the shadow grows. Now the days are without fun.
Where has my childhood gone? Why do I have this fight?
The night grows darker and even the days are fading light.

A friend visits, my strength returns to fight my fight against my fear.
With his laughter and his love, fun returns, and the light is near.
With the love of parents, the strength of friends, I laugh in the Shadow's face.
I fear the shadow no more, in the light I walk. To catch me now, he must quicken his pace

a href="http://www.thetrevorproject.org/">Please, if you feel you can't take anymore, it will get better. There's nothing life can throw at us that we can't over come or find a way around it, it will get better. Nothing last forever, including the bad times, it will get better. Reach out to someone, talk to someone, share your feelings, it will get better. Never ever give up, it will get better. There are organizations that are there to help us through the bad times, it will get better. The Trevor Project is just one of those, reach out to them, support their work, it will get better.

The Trevor Project

Copyright © 2011 Billy Martin; All Rights Reserved.
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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Billy Martin
On 10/24/2011 12:47 AM, comicfan said:
Now why on earth would you consider "leaving it to those who can" when you can as well. Interesting use of imagery here Billy. If anything you can easily expand on it. That is the one thing about writing from life. You can play with it and turn it into many forms. Keep writing.
I'm not totally sure what you mean by expanding, but I'm interested. You are more than welcome to write me anytime and have a willing listener or in this case reader. Thank you very much for reading and commenting. It means a lot to have anyone, but especially people of your talent to comment.
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Celethiel

Interesting Poem Billy...very interesting imagery, though it almost seems like a story written into a poem-ish format.

Remember: When people read poems or at least in my experience, they tend to feel them before they actually see the story behind the poem, I tend to see things in like a movie real in my head so that's why i can see a story in pretty much everything i read, even before the emotion. sorrry if i came off as overly critical...

liked it ^_^

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Billy Martin
On 11/09/2011 05:00 PM, Celethiel said:
Interesting Poem Billy...very interesting imagery, though it almost seems like a story written into a poem-ish format.

Remember: When people read poems or at least in my experience, they tend to feel them before they actually see the story behind the poem, I tend to see things in like a movie real in my head so that's why i can see a story in pretty much everything i read, even before the emotion. sorrry if i came off as overly critical...

liked it ^_^

Why be sorry when in fact there is a story within the poem. Here, I used the imagery to give you a taste of what was a traumatic time in my life. The story is my fight with my fears and how I was able to overcome them with the help of my family and friends.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read it and leave a review. It means a lot to me. Again, Thanks! :)

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