In the Dark
Poem
Dear listeners in the dark,
Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
Can you feel me
Moving ever so closely
Into your ears and
Balancing softly in
Your dreams?
Dear listeners in the dark,
Do you feel scared?
Do you feel loved?
Do you feel anything
In your empty
Black mind
Forming blurry images
Behind drawn eyes?
Dear listeners in the dark,
Would you like to scream?
Would you like to give in?
Would you like to wake up
To find yourself
Staring into a dark room
Filled with the moon?
I wrote this poem for my English poetry unit after our poetry slam. I was unable to participate due to losing my voice but this is what I imagined asking the audience in the auditorium that day. I was dark and everyone was hanging on all of the performer's words.