Nightwalkers (Poetry)

Member Name: Gendu

Product:	Poetry
Date:	08/03/04 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: I had good fun

Disadvantages: Not too good with poetry

INTRODUCTION

At Secondary school, I was actually very good with English. I got A in GCSE, if I may boast so myself. However, poetry was never my strong point. I remember when we studied poetry I found it a little boring and just would have preferred to write my own poems, which we rarely did.
However, recently I have been looking at reviews and Ciao and found quite a few members who have written poems to post on Ciao. All of them were excellent too - I recommend reading the poetry from other people there as the standard is brilliant.
So having seen this I set myself a personal challenge: to post a series of poems on ciao and dooyoo. The fact that I'm not much of a poet is what makes it such a challenge but I thought that if I met the challenge, I would have a wider range of reviews and it would stretch me a bit. Sometimes I like to reach beyond the comfort zone of things I can easily write about and do something a bit daring. This is the result.

ABOUT NIGHTWALKERS

I have entitled this series of poems "Nightwalkers" where the title for the series of poems is shared with the title of one of the individual poems. I chose Nightwalkers to be the general title as it was the first one I wrote.
Below are the poems and then beyond that I have given a brief explanation for each one. They won't take much working out but I thought I'd do explanations anyway to make it complete. I have already warned you that I am not much of a poet so if nothing else, I hope that you find some comical value in there. Enjoy :-)

NIGHTWALKERS


DON?T LET GO

He gives her a nice smile, so she wonders over to him as he comes over to greet.
He?s been giving her the eye, and he?s been the one at the club that she?s been wanting to meet.
So they chat the night away, as he moves in closer, telling her it?s her he desires.
So she agrees to go with him, and they go over to the beach and soon burning ar
e the romant
ic fires.

They soon are holding tight, and so they go and settle down on the sand.
They make love all through the night, and he says whatever happens, I?ll always hold your hand.

She?s lying ill in bed while he?s gone off and gone out for the night with his mates.
She asked him if he?d stay, but he said he was busy and he wouldn?t be back until late.
He comes home later that night, after drinking and finally comes back into land.
So she says whatever happens, please don?t let go of my hand.

He?s been cheating on her a while. It?s with her best mate and she is angry that he just wanted fun.
She gives him a hard time and he says I can?t take this, I think that our relationship is done.
She says no please don?t leave. If you go, I?m not sure of how much more of this I could stand.
And as he walks away, she clutches hold of his hand.

He?s been out for more and more nights and now she?s not sure of what he may be getting up to.
When he gets home that night, she questions him and says you?re not cheating on me, are you?
Angry at her suspicion, he proceeds to beat her and throws her out onto the beach of sand.
And as she?s lying there, dazed and confused she realises that he let go of her hand.


DO YOU REMEMBER

I remember, you and I ? we used to sit and watch the sky
You?d hold my hand, I?d feel your touch ? you used to love me very much.
It?s the way that I loved you that means I just can?t forget
And it?s the way that I held you, that makes me want you ? I haven?t slept;

Since the break of dawn ? when the sun is just replacing the moon
The break of dawn - I keep on thinking that I want you back with me soon.
Yes the break of dawn ? come on girl we can re-unite today
At the break of dawn ? a new start, a new life and in a whole brand new way.

Come on now girl, you must admit ? we had good times and we had fun

You must reme
mber, when we used to sit ? we?d lie back and watch the setting sun
And it?s the way that I loved you that meant I always kept you in sight
And it?s all because I loved you that means I want you back tonight

Since this eve ? I?ve been getting so desperate for you
Yes this eve ? I?ve been wanting you to love me again so true
And on this eve, I?ve been thinking that you and I should again be one
Because on this eve, I?ve been regretting the day that you said we?re done.

Come on girl, I can only plea ? I?m asking and begging right down on my knees
I want you back, please agree ? it can be great again with you and me.
And it?s the way that I love you that means I just can?t ignore
Your true attraction girl ? I remember it from before

Every day ? I?ve been recalling that love so strong that we had
And every day, I?ve been remembering and feeling oh so very sad
So come on today ? let?s be happy, and I?ll never let you go
Because you and me, we?re something special and I just want you to know.

So now I?m done, I?ve asked and begged, it?s all now up to you
I?ll be waiting, never straying until I hear you say ?I do?
I?m ready girl to try again ? I won?t go on you know the score
All I?ll say is that I won?t stop loving you ? I?ll love you forever more.


NIGHTWALKERS

Nightwalkers, creeping through the shadows.
I hear them, whispering of days gone by?
Never the same thing twice.

Nightwalkers, lurking in the bedrooms.
They?re talking, whispering in their subtle way?
Words from another day.

Nightwalkers, following your every move.
You hear them, as the sweep right on by?
In the corner of your eye.

Nightwalkers, roaming their domain at night
As you sleep, they slowly merge into your dreams...
Everything not as it seems.

Nightwalkers, sweeping around your house at night.
You
feel them, sending dow
n your spine a chill...
Everything silent and still.


DRIVE

Life is good, he?s many paths.
Support is rife, success is life.
Ideas form, a business in good stead.
Friends join in ? on a journey ahead.

Ideas take form and manifest those anew
Ridicule hurled, from those jealous few.
The goal is ahead, success will be his.
The time has come for a revolution such as this.

Those who stood by have no part to play.
Success has arrived ? it is here to stay.
The launch succeeded, he goes it alone.
His thoughts and desires are all now honed.

With wealth and riches, females see him as prey
But he has only one goal ? all else must stray
Solitariness is the sacrifice made.
This he endures as the price he must pay.

With no one around, insecurities set in.
It soon cannot be seen how he has arrived from where he had been.
He must reinvent and make a new life.
A new look, a new face ? all under the knife.

The success steams ahead without little doubt.
But with security falling, this must be the final bout.
He spends and clutches at what has always been a dream
He?s veering away ? life losing its gleam.

With inevitable plummeting, insecurities are fuelled.
What is his may not last, his success downwards pulled.
With nervous spending and lavish sprees,
His lifestyle soars; business falls to its knees.

As the bottom falls out, those following dessert.
There is now little left ? mostly deep hurt.
He needs a new him ? and so another new face.
But it does very little for a life in disgrace.

Little remains as everything slows.
For such previous success, there is little to show.
He is no longer a god, just more of a freak.
And all that?s left is a future so bleak.

By Daniel Skelton

THE POEMS

DON'T LET GO: This poe
m never really hits a high
pojnt as such. It is about a relationship that gets off to a weak start with a night of passion after both parties meet for the first time.
With the woman emotionally attached and the guy losing interest, the result is that she clings to him despite getting more and more hurt until eventually he tears away from her completely.

DO YOU REMEMBER: This poem is about a guy appealing to a woman who he used to be with, wanting her back with him. Her response is never indicated in the poem, as we only see it up to the point where the guy ends his appeal, waiting for her to respond.

NIGHTWALKERS: This poem is not a "scary" poem as such but just has a generally eerie and slightly unnerving atmosphere to it. The Nightwalkers represent our thoughts and fears that we sometimes have at night - when it is dark and maybe when we are feeling a little more nervous then usual.

DRIVE: This poem is about a guy with the world at his feet who decides to take a specific route in starting his own business. The poem builds in an element of "aloneness" early on but but builds up to a climax, where the subject of the poem is very successful and wealthy. However, as business slowly falls, instead of meeting the challenge he gets insecure, partly due to his independance and this accounts for his reckless and panicky behaviour later on.

END

I hope you enjoyed reading these poems. They are not anything great but this is my attempt at poetry on dooyoo so I hope you apreciate the effort at least.

Thankyou for taking the time to read.

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