One year later...

I wrote this a little over a month ago and I told myself I wouldn't share it until today.  Well, it's today.  Emo alert :x

Shot

The young man walked down the road,

Green grass to his left, no longer grey,

Green grass to his right, no longer dry,

In front of him, mountains majestic to behold,

Blue was the sky before him,

Dark was the sky from where he had come,

Cracked was the road he had walked,

But no more.

Still he had doubts, but joy did flutter in his heart,

His string of hope held strong.

He gazed at the mountains before him,

He wondered to which peaks he would climb,

A flower by the road caught his eye,

He smiled and picked it, held it to his nose,

Content to hold it, he continued walking,

The young man was unaware that the flower had changed in his grasp,

The flower that was so bright was now black.

And then a shot rang out from his right.

Pain flew through him.

He fell onto his left without a sound, without protest,

He watched as the black flower danced to the ground before his face.

His joy spilled out onto the road, staining it red.

The world shuddered.

Once again the sky was dark.

Once again the grass was withered and faded,

The ground on which he lay was now broken.

He could not see the mountains – where had they gone?

His life bled out - sorrow and fear took life’s place in him

His joy drowned, his doubts confirmed,

The string had been cut.

With one final breath he whispered,

“How foolish of me, to believe that there was any other ending but this.”

And into darkness he fell,

And fell,

And fell.

©2011 James Curry a.k.a Sem

I make such a good dark and tortured poet |D  Next poem I do promise to end on a bit more of a positive note so that I'm not such a downer all the time ;o  Anyway, as you might have been able to tell this does hold quite of a bit of personal significance to me, but obviously it can be reinterpreted in any fashion according to the reader.

In other news...

The new Evanescence album is out today.  You have no idea how long I've been waiting, but it's finally over, and it was worth it <3  If I'm feeling exceptionally obsessive I may blog about a couple songs.  Also, isn't the album cover amazing?  I love it so much.  I love everything about the album.

I also had a great weekend with some great people at a retreat in some place in the middle of nowhere.  It rained.  It was nice <3

Also.  I'm planning to write up some "Holiday specials," if you will, featuring some of my characters.  Planning to do ones for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas for sure, debating New Years.  Thoughts?  I'm not sure if I can post them easily into the blog.  Depending on how large they are I may break them up into parts so as to not overwhelm you all.  That's it for now folks.

PS. I've used a lot more smileys in this post than I usually do :x