In return | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. In return

In return

November 17, 2013
By SpringofSummer PLATINUM, Lewiston, Idaho
More by this author
SpringofSummer PLATINUM, Lewiston, Idaho
34 articles 12 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Giving up doesn&#039;t always mean your weak. Sometimes it just means your strong enough to let go.<br /> Bloom Where You&#039;re Planted.

View profile

Water falls into sky
As rocks bounce against the sheen
With the trees flowing
Into the fire

Staring at the blank
The sharp edges of sticks
Snapping under my feet
When blood trickles down the necks of man

The dark colors of the sky
Mixed with the death of life
Smudged into the veins
Of every breathing thing

I stare into nothingness
With darkness sinking in
And pulse slowing down
The flowing stops,
And veins freeze

In return, I feel better not being alive and in pain, but dead and...just ok.

© Sarah M., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
In return for pain
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Silence
By bitty09 SILVER
Claymont, Delaware
bitty09 SILVER, Claymont, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Love Is Weird
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Different
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
'' FLY ''
By MONKEE426 GOLD
Minnesota, Minnesota
MONKEE426 GOLD, Minnesota, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live--So Live It To The Fuller

View profile
Poetry
Alice
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who&#039;s left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won&#039;t answer my call.&quot;

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.