Confoundedly simple…

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Begging for freedom, Chained, Confused, D'VersePoets Pub, Faith, Freed, Gasping for breath, Hope, Joy followed by sorrow, Light at the end of the tunnel, Mixed feelings, OpenLinkNight, Simple yet tough, Trapped

Image Credits: RomanticFae@DeviantArt

Obscured
by laced veils
of broken thought
I wonder if I want
to really be seen

Tethered
to these pillars
of unyielding resolve
I suspect the strength
of my pliant will

Shadowed
by a shroud
of crystal emotions
I search the depths
of my hardened heart

Strangled
by tentacles
of unwelcome dreams
I gasp for a breath
of some noxious chance

And yet
Here I am…

Enamored
by the aura
of a glowing spirit
Ready to soar
into the vastness
of unending skies

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**Posted for OpenLinkNight (week 4) at  d’VersePoets Pub… Check out the yummy stuff offered here… you will be glad you did!! **

Vulnerable visage

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Bound, Chained, Dark, Distortion, Fiction, Imagination, Lack of freedom, Mirror, Multiple reflections, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Reflection, Regret, Rumination, Search for oneself, Tied in, Trapped in a mirror, Visage, Vision-chained, Void

Image credits: Mon artifice@DeviantArt

I stood there
Screaming
Dreaming
Trapped in my own reflection
Or was I the mirror instead?
Was I to get some response?
Or was this just a sconce?

I felt surrounded
Alone
Forlorn
Waiting for a reaction
From any “one” distorted figure
But all they did was stare
Their all-mercurial glare

I punched hard
Wildly
Blindly
So hard, my shadowed arm hurt
But the glass didn’t shatter
Nor could I step over my bound
Or beyond…

I am still gazing
Wide-eyed
Mystified
At the form that made me
But all I see is a void
A void that hears nothing
Feels nothing…Is nothing…

A void
To avoid…

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**Posted for One Shot Wednesday (week 36) – THE place for poetry! Check it out, and indulge in the sublime bliss… **

PS: I have no idea why my fictional pieces are turning out so dark these days (maybe it’s due to excess watching of Criminal Minds – the TV series :))… I hope my writing lightens up… soon! 🙂