The Safety of Madness: December 2009

STAR GAZED

Oblivious to the surface

As it comes to call

Questioning the reasoning

Scribbling the doubt

I'm on fire

In this ice cool parade

Raising the flag

I surrender

Won't you come out to play

Waving the banner

The writing is crystal clear

The method of my mind

Borders genius insanity

Follow the melody

Down the stream you bring

A star filled night of memories

A dream within a dream

I can't stop the feelings

Calling my name

In the middle of the night

I don't know which way to go

Pulling the covers up till it's suffocating

Falling through the leaves

Sweeping me in this time captured reel

My life starring you and me

The fantasy unseen

Altering the core of a star gazed reality

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Prathmesh Sawant
Every time you have something of these so very lovely awesome words out in the open, that I get to read. I just stare ..stare with a look of awe and lots and lots of sparkling twinkle in my dreamy eyes. For the sheer reality of words to support the only thoughts, I just have to assume or guess (very often) but somehow I know ..no I am very sure; '... See MoreI know! You lend the voice, to my dreams always. Can I ask for more ..please! 'So as to know what the heart desires and the mind resists.' "This one is sooo very awesome!' Woohoo :)

Midnight strikes

My sleeping pattern faint

Awake through these endless hours

Regretting my mistakes

I used to fall asleep so sound

Now all I hear are the echos floating around

Surrender flags destroyed in mid air

A solitude without a pair

Hate should be seeping through these veins

The anger coming up second place

It's searching for

The choice of another gate

Blame it on you

Blame it on me

Blame it on a Monday

Since it's the only day

We choose to run away from

Because we hit the beginning too soon

Love

A ghostly shadow

Haunting my innocence

Pushing me over the edge

I held on believing you were that love of my life

Stopping me from soaring over the ledge

My wings have spanned

My departure left before I could place these feet

My arrival has no set time

As the clouds become friends

Hoping they can clear my mind

Though I'm not quite sure they can this time

And I wonder why I've lost my sleep

In the middle of a lonely restless night

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Vincent Cuccolo
Ah, how I love a fresh poem! ESPECIALLY if it's a poem written by Dina Darling! Great job on this! ^_^"Blame it on a MondaySince it's the only dayWe choose to run away from"... I couldn't agree more on those lines.

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Amanda Mahon
Fantastic! Awesome imagery... catchy flow. Eye opener...mind breaker =) great job love!

THE FAREWELL

I reached out

Every day

Every week

Every hour

Because I cared

Because I wondered

How the sun would have been shining

Underneath your sky

Then the coldness crept in

The silence

The doubt

The fear

Of losing something that held the utmost importance

And you

You let it slip away

How dare you

After all that you said

You made me see the bigger picture

And yet you were the one who kept looking in the wrong direction

I can do nothing because I tried

I'm tired of being defeated

And you lied

Broke all your pretty little promises

And I

I became the foolish girl

Believing in the happily ever after in your tainted world

I give up

I surrender

I'll let go

I'll stay behind

I'll wave farewell

As you sail on by

Thinking about how long it will take me

To stop missing you

Linda Santackas Degnan
Oh, how I can relate to this .... Beautifully put!

Vincent Cuccolo
Oh, Dina! This one REALLY speaks to me! "I'll let goI'll stay behindI'll wave farewell... See MoreAs you sail on byThinking about how long it will take meTo stop missing you"Those lines are amazing! Excellent, Dina! I think I finally have some inspiration now! Which is good because I've been having some writer's block lately! lol.

Taryn Addison
I just finished reading this on my phone - haven't even had coffee yet!! - I simply had to comment. I fricken freakin love this!! Kudos, Beans! It's poignant and beautiful. I can so easily relate right now. I feel like it's mine!

Karen Colon
I can do nothing because I triedI'm tired of being defeatedAnd you liedBroke all your pretty little promisesAnd I... See MoreI became the foolish girlBelieving in the happily ever after in your tainted world Oh yes. That's why I have become so stone hearted. Why waste my time giving love to men? They always end up lying to me to get what they want!

Amanda Mahon
You tell me about getting out of your head... Woman get out of mine! LOL this was FANTASTIC! The rhythym, the wording, the sentiment.. oh goodness... Back with a bang! =D Love it!

NICK IN MY SUN

Inside I feel the slow ache
Of a life that’s never been
The dusty lane that bled the pages
Of words never said
I can’t turn back an hour
Not even a minute to rewrite a different history
All these changes consume my air
It’s the only thing I breathe

Now that I’m older
The reflection has changed drastically
The innocence lost in the middle of a laugh
The child inside has picked another shadow
I can’t stand the empty pit inside my stomach
The regrets that eat me alive
Were all the hopes I tried to catch
And I waited till they never came

Desolation washes its hands in front of me
Begging me to turn away
The chills running through these bones
Are weary from the way I place my head on the pillow
Come sleep
Come now
Lead me into the sunset
I refuse the pain that sits and waits for me
A red stoplight ready to go green
Light this ache on fire
I’ve sinned enough
I break the day
Another nick in my sun

Copyright: Dina Darling 2009

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Vincent Cuccolo
Oh. my. God. I'm speechless, Dina! You DEFINITELY have to add this beauty to your second book of poems! *likes this times a million!*
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Karen Colon
Are you reading my fucking mind???!!! Inside I feel the slow ache Of a life that’s never been The dusty lane that bled the pages... Of words never said I can’t turn back an hour Not even a minute to rewrite a different history All these changes consume my air It’s the only thing I breathe That's part of all the mixed emotions I have regarding the death of my dad!
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Kelly Burda
I have never read one poem of yours that was less then amazing! You have quite the talent my friend! Keep them coming. :-)
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Linda Santackas Degnan
What I like about much of your work is that it mirrors different times in my own life... Your poems are so relateable to all of us....
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Amanda Mahon
You know sometimes I wonder if our words could eat us alive.... if they would....I wonder if growing older and learning is really all it's cracked up to be... or if maybe those tiny regrets that seemed so small at the time....grow with age....All I can say is you've captured this wonderfully... and well, I love it. I always love your work!!