Lost
The darkness is endless
I cannot get out
Silence across the sea of trees
Yūrei tip-tiptoeing in the dead of the night
Their eyes on me, watching me grieve
My tether found cut, markers disappearing
Strayed too far off the path, they won't let me leave
I cannot get out
Silence across the sea of trees
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Posted Mar 23, 2018, 7:18 AM UTC · edited
I adore when people use scenery as more than just backdrop. The poem has the distinct human figures of the speaker and the ghosts, yet the forest itself seems much more like the main character. The last verse made it seem like the forest ended/killed the speaker. Love it.
What I'm not a fan of, though, and this is only my personal opinion, is that there isn't much structure to the syntax and syllable count. I think it'd be much more tidy and intuitive to read if you'd made the composition a bit tidier.
Thanks for the advice!