Silhouettes and Soliloquies

by Worldly Winds
The Eerie Cold

The Eerie Cold (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I’m hiding in the shadows,

it’s where I long to be,

drifting into dreamscapes,

singing sad soliloquies.

I have my other life, you see?

I’ve lived it since a child;

It’s not quite real – that I know,poem,poems

but I’ve lived it for a while.

The daytime is the hardest,

a cruel life chased by death;

but night time is so easy,

sleep brings immortal breath.

What’s real, what’s not?

Well who’s to say?

Each one its own delusion,

by night the moon –

by day the sun –

each life is an illusion.

Shadows play upon my mind,

ghosts welcome setting sun;

silhouettes of dreams gone by

half-lives, loves-lived, undone.

So let me go, and leave me be,

to live each night anew.

I’ll sing my sweet soliloquies,

while dreams bring me to you.

© Silhouettes and Soliloquies 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

12 Comments to “Silhouettes and Soliloquies”

  1. Effective photo for the poem. Keep writing! Thanks for sharing.

  2. Thank you and welcome Alex, your name is now added to the categories.

    Nice poem btw 🙂

  3. very nice post Alex …beautiful…Tim

  4. I really like that one! I’ve been thinking of starting a separate blog for my poetry… but for the life of me I can’t figure out why I keep running out of time!

    • Oh I know what you mean about time being an illusive and tricky mistress!!
      it is really worth starting your own page – you can keep track of your work much easier. Though I find setting up the blog is time consuming and faffy – best done with a big bar of chocolate and a do not disturb sign on the door!!
      Alex
      🙂

  5. what an enjoyable poem! thanks for sharing! Several times I repeated lines over out loud just for the pure enjoyment of them

  6. Love the flow….it is charming and thoughtfully done!
    Celeste

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