Before...

I dreamt,
The lonliest, saddest dream,
While I slept,
My heart ran out on me,
It left, it seems,
For greener pastures,
My chest distressed,
The rest a disaster,
In my darkest hour,
With so little light,
I struggle to make it
through one more night,
As I tilt the bottle,
Memories flash,
I swallow the past
as I empty the flask,
I skip to a time,
A wonderful scene,
When there was more
than just "lonely" and "me",
When there was "happy",
And there was "joy",
A time I had "peace",
Like when I was a boy,
Before all the"hurt",
Before "anger" and "pain",
Before "insanity"
came to my brain,
When there was "light",
In this darkest of worlds,
Before there was"love",
Before the "girl"....
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Nov 2013
About this poem:
Been a minute...miss you all...heres a new write on old things...

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beautifulyou
Hello beautiful, (((mad)))
welcome home... you've been missed
ty for sharing this depth, so sad and
yet such purity of truth in experience

rose
madtat29
Aww..ty..wine appreciate you muchly Beautiful
Poetnumber1
Good write Madtat. Thanks for gracing the corner once more with your poetry. I enjoyed the read.cheers
trurorob
Good sad poem, lots of reality here
Rob
Nuwahri61
Hi Madtat ...just passing by and came across this ........really enjoyed this mate .......great write......regards Nucheers
darkhorse555
excellent piece beautifully penned really enjoyedangel
fjamesj9701
Good stuff my man and Good to see you as well. As I learned to let go of the before I began to accept and appreciate my after, because I know its the only thing real and that this is what it is for me. Yet I know its only temporary as something far more peaceful is coming. Regards MT your west coast bro…Jesse beer
madtat29
Thanks poet...ill try and show my face more often...
madtat29
Thank you for commenting Rob..And a harsh reality it is...
madtat29
Hiya Nu..hope alls good with you..Thanks for passing through...
Fellsman
Hi buddy

This is a stunning write, I have to admit I love poetry that is clearly from the depth's of the author's soul. You reveal so much of yourself in this extraordinary poem.

Best wishes

Bill wine wine
madtat29
Thanks Dh..glad you enjoyed it mate
madtat29
Ty for the praise Odette..and what a bounteous bussom it is....lol
madtat29
Mr Fellsman..ty ty..i put alot of myself in my writes...good eye
madtat29
Jesse bro..good seeing you brotha...Thanks for reading and commenting
Serenity4two
This is a wonderful poem Madtat thumbs up
Well done ! -I enjoyed reading this tonight .
Best wishes -F wine
orientalkoru
This is as usual, a superb write from you Madtat! Have not read from a lot of you for months so it's great to be able to do that. thumbs up
madtat29
Dont know how i missed you ladies comments...my deepest apologies..doh
madtat29
A belated Ty Serenity..glad you enjoyedwine
madtat29
Ty too Oriental...Good seeing you and my best to you and yourswine
sundayrose1
This is truly a great write Tony. Thanks for sharing

SRbouquet
madtat29
Your very welcome Phyllis...Ty for reading and the positive feedbackwine
Spartacus2012
Poignant but well crafted write my bro..Thanks for your visit to my verse..

Kentyping
txbreeze134
Wow. Very good poem. Very heartfelt.
Angel04
This is very touching and sad, I hope for you this is the past, happy days ahead

Angiehandshake beer angel
madtat29
Ty mr spartacus...good lookin brodrinking
madtat29
Txbreeze...ty for your comment...I please to aimwink
madtat29
Ty angie...its all past cause its not the future..and what we have now is a present...wine
adjhe
Madtat nice. I see the idea very easily here. nice example.sad flower bouquet banana
madtat29
Ty Addy..i like spitting this one...people seem to relate...plus its a great feeling of releasedrinking
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