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Alone In The Dark ... (non-challenge piece)

Writers Atmosphere/Mood posted on Apr 08, 2009
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Alone In The Dark At ten Alone in the dark Who knows What those sounds were What made that creak Wait - a flash of light? Is the house on fire? Is someone there? Afraid Of everything So much unknown At twenty Alone in the dark Running conversations Over and over What I would say What he would say How things might go Awake late into the night Agitated Kept up by things That never happened At thirty Awake in the middle of the night But not alone My lover woke me up Mad about something He decided I'd done Whatever it was He was sure it was true Angry He would wake me up Just to yell At forty Alone in the dark Was that a pain? Is it important? So many friends have died From cancer Lung infection Anyone can go at any time Nervous About the unknown The uncertainty of life At fifty Alone in the dark A hot flash woke me up Now I wonder About really important things Should I learn to make egg foo yong Or buy it from the restaurant Around the corner? Resigned To the fact that I'll just be Awake for a while Alone in the dark Space to think Ponder life's vagaries There's no fear in the dark Only friends past and present And the gift of perspective Time for contemplation No chance of sleep Alert I like who I'm with When I'm alone in the dark .......... Another piece inspired by the February/March Writer's Gallery Challenge. .......... Cover sheet created in ArtRage and Photoshop Font is Caligula

Comments (27)


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trentsteff

4:45PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

You are really good at this. Srsly.

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dorothylee

4:45PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Ah,attacks of night time anxiety....follows us throughout our lifetime I guess. I'm not usually into words as much as images, but this one really moved me today. Well done!

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danob

4:49PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Very eloquent prose which I like very much.. It seems to hold true to life that maybe we do learn as we grow older!

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jocko500

5:13PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

real cool work and well done

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flavia49

5:40PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

very beautiful work!

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barbdennist

6:06PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Ahh, yes, those wonderful hot flashes. I was reading along, all serious, and read that line and burst out laughing. Well spoken, and I'm glad you like the person you are with when you are alone in the dark. We all like her too. I like your writing as much as I like your photography.

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Faemike55

6:13PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Very moving poetry

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jeroni

6:19PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Excellent composition!

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goodoleboy

7:04PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

And at 80+, a deteriorating dotard, you go from day to day, thankful that you've lasted this long.

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Chipka

8:42PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

I once saw a Bacardi ad, of all things, that announced that some people relish the dark because it liberates the other senses. I think I saw that in the pages of OMNI magazine, wedged in between pages of science fiction and gonzo-journalism-style science fact. Anyway, I thought of that when I read this piece. It's brilliantly composed and wonderfully paced. I love it.

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AndreiR

8:56PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Life is a sad thing, and at night we feel the most that sadness. You found words that reach down very deep. Thank you!

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bmac62

9:56PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

This speaks to me on yet another level. Of the few poems I've done, I myself don't like my, "Alone in the Dark" (for the challenge) and now I know why. If you think you are relaxed about all of this at fifty, wait 'til sixty:-))) My challenge piece was contrived to fit the requirement. I, like you, am quite comfortable with the person I'm with when I am alone in the dark. Thanks, been wondering for five weeks why I didn't like that piece.

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beachzz

10:45PM | Wed, 08 April 2009

Oh yeah, do I get this!! All these stages we go thru, to finally really learn to accept who we are and know it's all as it should be. I love those moments after I get to bed, and my mind wanders. Moments entirely our own.

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nongo

12:12AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

brilliant composition!!!!! your thoughts flow effortlessly!!!!!!

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helanker

2:57AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

A really beautiful Poem Tara. Yes, you are really good at this.

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durleybeachbum

3:25AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

Tara, that Is SO good! I love that progression, a truly excellent piece.

PD154

7:46AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

Wonderful stuff Auntie, you really are very good at this!

lucindawind

9:09AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

you are a fantastic writer !

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sandra46

10:30AM | Thu, 09 April 2009

A wonderful poem!

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hipps13

12:15PM | Thu, 09 April 2009

wonderful words Tara May have a beautiful day warm hug and love, Linda Kaye

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busi2ness

7:57AM | Fri, 10 April 2009

Oh yes, how liberating as the decades gets treated by your tongue. In between 20 and your last verse, old age sets in, beware!

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Merrylee

12:20PM | Fri, 10 April 2009

Great piece of art...I'm glad you like who you with, alone in the dark...

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fredster66

2:36PM | Fri, 10 April 2009

Wow. such talent here. Great job.

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anahata.c

4:45AM | Sat, 11 April 2009

some nights I just hit fav after fav, like I hit a motherlode in a gallery...well this is my third fav in your gallery, this session. I agree with Chip about the pacing & feel, etc. It's just right. And I understand how the smaller things become the center as we get older. And the sense of being at home with ourselves...And I understand the feeling, in the dark, of the ghosts of passed loved ones (friend or family) speaking to us in the dark...a beautiful piece, relaxed & introspective, and just right.

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faroutsider

3:01PM | Mon, 13 April 2009

I like who you're with when you're alone in the dark - beautifully written piece!

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babuci

7:00AM | Thu, 16 April 2009

Thinkingful words...I wonder too sometimes.

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ontar1

11:35AM | Sun, 10 May 2009

Fantastic poem, really liked it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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