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IWake To Sleep IStand To Fall by ~upsidedown-insideout:iconupsidedown-insideout:



Unable to breathe and remember
I stumble from a distressed empty bed.
Dressed in this saddens it’s just another day,
You can fill it with as much hope as you can carry
But you can’t bring life to the dead
You can’t buy a corpse some time.

Oh I begin the day alone
Standing numbly staring at this sky before me;
Beautiful morn gone to a terrible waste
Hours upon hours spent idling.
I cover-up the pain with a velvet cloth made of daydream,
Lacking any reason; I stand to fall.

I’ve long lost my appetite, my wicked smile
Even my will to try, please
Try marrying a widow in her wedding dress
Try loving a heart that’s broken and sold
Now that you see one plus zero equals impossible,
Will you leave me alone?

Oh Slowly I dress myself trying my hardest
Not to make eye contact
With the ugly girl that stands before me,
You’ve painted a terrible picture
Capturing the real me; I’m hideous
And I hate it I hate I hate.

She’s laughing at me, she’s mocking me
In a rage I throw a fistful of hate and anger through this mirror,
It cannot be one of my own
It must not.
I’m a dancer, a beautiful dancer
I even once was beautiful inside.

Outside my window in-between pebble sized rain
Collapsing at a dozen per half a second,
(Our men have lost the war) there is a dead bird
You’ve murdered it, with your pathetic pistols
I can’t believe the sky would do such a thing
It betrayed me; yet I let it bleed.

You may wake to breathe; whilst I dance
And it’s raining, but I wake to sleep
As the hours blend into a few silly moments
Just actions throughout the day.
Maybe when I die I’ll be a poet; but for now
Leave me to crawl.
:iconupsidedown-insideout:

Author's Comments

Damn I had to put the I’s directly beside the following letter in order to fit in ONE letter :D
Again this is hard to grasp the meaning so don't mind me as I go off into detail....

Okay, I actually attempted to tame this piece O_o

I'll explain it stanza by stanza so is that you can read over whichever one you are unsure of rather them all if you like

Stanza one: by the first line 'unable to breathe and remember' that basically means it is impossible to live life with my thoughts because for me they are hell and yes depression-filled. I awake alone, I believe I'm alone, and I claim that nothing you can do will make me happy even if you tried to.

Stanza two: Again I awake alone and I waste the day trying not to think because it hurts too much so I create a fake world (daydreams) and hope that I’ll be safe for a little while longer. But I can't help feel nothingness to this life yet I try 'I stand to fall'

Stanza three: again losing my will to life (I know I repeat everything but its for emphasis) and also they can be references to my 'eating disorder' and depression (well duh) and smaller things if you continue to analyse it and break it down. That again it's impossible to mend me and then I give two metaphors for an example. But I also mean them literally because I too have a broken heart.

Stanza four: this is talking about my hate for myself me as a person and as how I look, people hate me therefore I hate me. It just hurts so much to look in the mirror or at a picture and say that’s me, because of what you look like but also because were you are who and what you are without, if that makes any sense to you.

Stanza five: This is a continue on from the fourth stanza yet this time I desperately try to be something beautiful I’m stubborn and I lie to myself 'I am a beautiful dancer' and then I think hold on you're not beautiful and then it's like not even inside, you used to be a nice person, and now you're pathetic.

Stanza six: This is a strange stanza, I thought it was nice though usually when I feel most full of many urging emotions I come out with w e i r d stuff so bare with me ;) hum basically the sky betrayed me it's attack me with its rain and that rain killed an innocent bird, but this rain is blood from the sky it's hurt but it selfishly hurt a bird in the process, yet what did I do to help anything? I just let everything bleed. And also the world is strange and in a way all we do is lie and hurt each other yes including I. Although this seems strange it does convey how I feel to me quite well and I'm not normal so it's not going to be normal you just have to grasp what I’m trying to say and from there onwards I hope I did a good job.

Stanza seven: Well basically a conclusion I don't want to live I wake to sleep which, means I get up and it's like come on day end already also when you are asleep it is like you're dead, so to sleep forever...yeah...? But I continue to live, and at the end it's like I want to be recognised but I feel as if I’m not worthy but maybe I am, it's a fear of being forgotten but I don’t have to die to be forgotten I am, but why do I fear it if I don't want to be here, because I want to want to be here, sometimes.

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:icontusaecia:
Its not so difficult to understand as you might think. Which means you've portrayed your meaning well, which you have. I love the image of standing to fall, it works really well
:iconupsidedown-insideout:
Thank you very much, great to know I tend to read my work from my (fucked up) viewpoint it's weird trying to read it from another, thanks again.
Lol thanks for being the only comment too :D people must click back when they see the b I g description :D

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If it's just a game, then what are we crying for?
:icontusaecia:
I like big descriptions! they're fun, you get an insight into what the poet really meant, and thats always good
:iconupsidedown-insideout:
I'm really glad you do!

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If it's just a game, then what are we crying for?
:iconlostwithinthedark:
Beautiful piece. :heart: Full of strong emotions and incredible writing.

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"Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitiude." -Leonardo Da Vinci
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" -Leonardo Da Vinci
:rose:I am among the last, a Guardian Angel:rose:
:iconupsidedown-insideout:
thank you, muchly!

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If it's just a game, then what are we crying for?
:iconvampirebutterflymel:
The metaphorical language is used very well, not overdone. Very emotional piece, but not nearly as difficult to understand as you may think. I didn't read your explanation of hte different stanzas until I read it and interpereted it for myself and I understood perfectly:) Anyways, great poem, verry realatable, a definite fave.:heart:

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"Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded"

RIP Steve Irwin :tears::rose:
:iconupsidedown-insideout:
thank you very much. That surprises me, people usual interrupt my writings completely wrong but then again they didn’t comment :D thank you muchly!:heart: well appreciated!

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If it's just a game, then what are we crying for?
:iconvampirebutterflymel:
No problem! You're welcome.:)

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"Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded"

RIP Steve Irwin :tears::rose:

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