Leaving Town

[Trystan]

Criticism, welcome.



Frightened as I’m leaving the streets,
I regret that it has come to this.
The streets I walked merrily along as a child,
Today they’re just too damn sad
And they're making me go mad.

But here’s a note for you whom I
Leave behind – for you’ve been there
Too – many times, too many times
Yet somehow you survive.
One more time and I’ll do it.
I do not have your strength.

One more time and I’ll
Buy a sharper blade,
One more time and I’ll
Follow Jesse Bernstein

And so I must exit.

My fear grows as I
Approach the station.
Knowing full well
It could go fuzzy-television,
Before I even get on the train.

But I do get on –
And the train picks up speed
By the road and the
Hills and the little small
Houses nestled below them
And beyond this is the unknown.

The door is fully open now
If only I knew what lay
Behind it, ready to make me
Their prey, or to give me
A hug. I don’t know.
Who knows?

All I know is that nightmares
Or dreams or both await me.

[Beautifull]

mmmm....i could feel the..fear in here, the anxiety. the sadness.

this feels like more than actually running from your childhood home, but it feels like when you have that epiphany, and your whole world just drops on your shoulders..when you cross the threshold between childhood and adulthood...no one really knows what it will bring, until it happens.

[blazeofglory]

Beautifully presented as to how one evolves through stages and faces challenges in life, some very saddening and disappointing ones. I am moved.