Scarlet Angel's blog: "Writing & Poetry"

You were but a stranger
In a place I knew so well
Little did I know it would be
The beginning of my hell

I was such a social butterfly
Just flitting around my friends
I had so many of them
I thought it would never end

But then you took my hand
And in your charming ways
You started down a path
With the DEAD END sign hidden in a haze

By the time I saw the darkness fall
My friends I could not find
You held my hand even harder
And led the way; I was blind

But then one day, I woke up
Surrounded by people I never knew
And when I tried to get away
Your grasp was like super-glue

It was then that I noticed
The pure evilness in your eyes
I was unable to make an escape
And no one could hear my cries

Then one day, the sun came out
and on me, it began to shine
The law they came to take you
And, in essence, gave me what was mine

And as I stood there letting
The sun shine rain on me
I looked in every direction
And not one friend could I see

It was then that I realized
I was basically all alone
With only family behind me
And my children one by one.

Since that time has come and gone
I've started over many times
House after house, job after job,
Even dated some of the slimiest of slimes

I am quite a happy person now
And only want to live
But I'm still such a lonely soul
With a heart of gold to give

August 3, 2011 ~ Carol A. Harstad