Oh God, we’re sinking slowly
Cold and lonely
This is a tragedy
These icy depths below me
Rising slowly
Witness calamity
Oh God, where are you now
We will drown and
What will they say of you?
The lights are going out
All around me
What are we meant to do?
And the band played on
A melody
A sad sad song
Hear the horns and strings
And the whole world crashed
Down on me
While the band played on
Through the final scene
Oh God, we die so soon we
Don’t have time to
Say our last goodbyes
This gaping wound that makes us
Doomed before we
Ever close our eyes
Oh God, I wanted this I
Don’t have strength to
Point the blame at you
But as we’re going down these
Fates appear so
Cruel and undue
And the band played on
A melody
A last surrender
To the deep
While the whole world crashed
Down on me
But the band played on
And so did we
vampireweather 
This is a truly fine poem, my first tune-in on your blog and already you blow me away. Very deep, I get the feeling it holds multi-dimensional meaning even as you wrote it…Flows really well too. This one really spoke to me, very touching and well-versed.
Thank you for stopping by and for the encouragement. I am new to blogging, so it is always nice to know something I wrote can speak to someone else. 🙂
I love your writing it’s very super. Keep writing you are doing great 🙂 I’m reading more of your poems 🙂
Thank you very much! I appreciate you taking the time to visit!
It’s beautiful. The character one must have to keep going when it proves difficult and the end is nigh.
I was hoping to see you here today 🙂
Yes, although “end” can have so many meanings. Thank you very much
I am glad to be here today. And you are correct, my friend. I am not one to believe that there is “no way out” or “no other option”. There is nothing impossible in my mind.
Then you have a beautiful mind 🙂
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Love the cadence of this piece–beautiful flow 🙂
Thank you very much! Thanks for stopping by!
a song more than a poem. it’s gloomy but sparkles in beauty. the image i get is a sinking ship and then about humanity sinking to greatest depths of darkness. we need salvation, and where can we find it?
A question for the ages…”where can we find it?” perhaps too often we look outside for a miraculous rescue, when we have been endowed with powers of choice. Perhaps man does not control the icebergs, but we do build the ships, and board them on purpose. And when we sink, can we really blame God? Thank you!
Loved the read and feel of this, VW, that no matter what calamity occurs, the band played on, Sometimes, just sometimes I get a feeling that we’re sailing so close to the wind that we’re in danger of crashing the whole ecological system.. but somehow, through no fault of our own, we stagger on and mayhap there’s hope in the horizon… xPenx
Thanks, pen. Life is certainly full of sinking feelings sometimes 🙂 thanks again for taking time to share your thoughts
And the band played on… It reminds of the song ‘The show must go’… Great flow. Love it!
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There’s anger in my heart
And violence on my mind
Tell me, when did this start
I don’t feel like being kind
In my dark heart there is a burn
And I’m seeing black and red
Whoever crosses me will turn
Or they might wish for death instead
My heart is set on vengance
I won’t quit until I’m through
No need for repentance
I’ll kill whoever did this to you
Everyday my heart is tortured
Because their stupid murder
And now my heart is angered
Because they killed my lover
So much emotion and frustration…so beautifully put. I can relate to your thoughts very well. Perhaps things are not as bad as they seem. It was not long ago, and still on occasion, I feel as you describe here. I am slowly finding solace in sorrow. People are fragile, relationships break, emotions explode, circumstances intervene, but love endures. Love is patient, love is kind… ❤
I am on most days acceptantly sorrowful, but there are just some instances that make me exceptionally angry for some reason. I had one of those today. And the poetry flowed together as well as is possible for me. I am sorry for plaguing your beautiful site with such nasty emotions, but it meant alot to me today that you read it and replied to me. Thank you. ❤
I am always very thankful for your expressions. I understand the rage. There are poems I have not posted here which are very similar to this one–and more violent and angry I’m sure. Extreme situations generate such a range of emotion from near detonation to total apathy and comatose despair. I respect each emotion. I am so grateful you choose to share your thoughts here. It means a lot to me. Sometimes, though the emotions and words are a torrent of pain, it is just nice to be reminded we are alive. And I am very glad you are. Please feel free to share as often as you like and as much as you like. It’s why this place exists. It’s the only reason I started it. ❤