FYI: This poem has the same exact concept as Evanescence's "Imaginary" but it's not exactly the same.
I DO NOT THINK RAVEN IS EMO!
Read and review,
Raven's secret-keeper
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Close My Eyes
This pain is too much torment
The world wallows in torture
Is there any escape?
Could it be wrong to hope?
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If I could just close my eyes
Pretend I'm far away
Surrounded by familiar shadows
In my dark haven and stay
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So I took pieces of myself
And put up a wall around me
Willingly forsaking life
Oh, god, I need this sanity!
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Now I can just close my eyes
Pretend I'm far away
Surrounded by familiar shadows
In my dark haven I sway…
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To the sounds of the winds
And the song of the sky
Now I add in safe darkness
This world is all mine!
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But can I just close my eyes,
Pretend I'm far away?
I'm in my own safe world
But the real one's a night away…
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I dream in sweet serenity
Safe from life's harms
But real life's not really gone
And so very close, too little far…
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If I could just close my eyes
Wish all troubles away
Could the sweet darkness
Cure and heal the pain?
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I lie at night and want to dream
Let me stay
In my own world, where I'm safe on my own wings
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Close my eyes -
let me stay -
safe from life -
fade away
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Still I know reality
Is just one waking moment away
Chaos returns with the rising sun
And my harmony fades away
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If I could just close my eyes
Leave all of life behind
How sweet it'd be! But no –
At least I'm safe in my own mind
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My haven of shadows
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Please don't start thinking I'm this suicidal emo chick! I swear I'm not. I may be dark, but never emo. (In case you're wondering where in God's name that came from, someone read it and thought I was suicidal.) The same exact thing goes for Raven; please excuse Nightlark's review, I'm begging you.
Sounded a lot like Imaginary, didn't it…? A little more depressing, though. Or is it just me? At least answer that even if you don't want to tell me what you think of the poem in a review.
Review please,
Raven's secret-keeper