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The Tower (A Poem)
by: Swanky

~*~

The Tower

I built a tower around myself
stone by stone
brick by brick
one by one

I watched as they stood around me
beckoning me out of my protective circle

I told them they could lean on me
that I would be their rock
as I took my own rocks to block out the world

to protect them all from myself
to protect myself from all of them

and still they called to me
until the walls loomed over me
blocked out the blinding light
their counterfeit smiles beaming still

until I could see nothing but stones and bricks

but still I could hear them
their voices muffled and slurred
through the heavy barricade

their message faded
as the walls grew taller

until they were nothing but whispers
in my darkened world

and still the walls grew taller
until I couldn’t see the tops
until all signs of the outside world
was removed
and I was left alone

~*~

I had a fit
kicking and screaming
punching and crying

driving holes through my heavy barricade

I heard voices
unfamiliar and disorienting after all this time

I saw light
blinding piercing light
that burned my eyes
made me cry out for my solemn sanctuary

I felt the world quake
with the weight of the weakened stone

I crouched down
back pushed firmly against the cold stones

ran my nails across my pale skin
alabaster and soft
from lack of light
and wind
and rain

I cried until my tears dried on my cheeks
leaving my skin dry
cracked
abused
and tortured

as if in slow motion
I watched as my tower crumbled
burying me beneath it’s ruins

the ruins of my life
leaving bruises and welts
across my once pristine skin

~*~

my body cried out for help
for anything to stop the pain
as the stones and bricks fell upon me

one by one I felt them fall
landing across my back and shoulders
my skull
my sides
my legs and arms and stomach

I lay pinned under the rubble
praying for aid
praying that someone would save me from my fate

from the pain I had brought upon myself

~*~

I cried and cried
I begged and pleaded

one by one I removed the stones and bricks from my broken body

~*~

slowly my body recovered
slowly I rebuilt my tower
one by one
stone by stone
brick by brick

I watched as the world disappeared behind rock again

but there was no one there to block

no smiles
false or true

no beckoning arms
waiting to gather me in their malicious warmth
preparing for my one moment of trust
when they would thrust a poisoned dagger between my quivering shoulder blades

they had all left me
one by one
smile by smile
face by face

and I am alone

my tower and me

~*~
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