Let Me Close My Eyes Poem by King Big Head

Let Me Close My Eyes

Rating: 4.7


When I lie down at night
and close my eyes
shadows of my life
pass before me

I'm scared to sleep at night
for what I might see
I've seen things I shouldn't have seen
all before I was sixteen

The days are shorter
the nights are getting longer
I can't go on
with this on my mind
God let me be a man
let me sleep for just one night

Nightmares of a city damned
come into my mind
I've lead a loveless life
with nobody but me
am I to blame
for whats happend to me

Father I didn't love you
Mother you left me
like you didn't want me to be

All I want to do
is lie down and close my eyes
and not see the devil
looking back at me
God let me be a man
let me sleep for just one night

All I want to do
is live a life
Without all this pain
In my mind

Let me close my eyes
Let me close my eyes

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Even Kings are haunted by their past.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM

shadows of my life pass before me beautiful lines; sometimes we need to live today, for tomorrow, in hopes and dreams, small goals, small accomplishments. The past we cannot change, so why hang ourselves over it. Remember The past is a foreign country, things were done differently there. Make peace with the past, let it be. Your friend Terence.

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Joseph Anderson 22 July 2012

Welcome to our writing community- a deep and substansil written lamentation-write on

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Valerie Dohren 21 July 2012

This is lovely King - knew your poems would get better.

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Captain Cur 21 July 2012

No transformation is easy, but well worth the effort. Good poem

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Heather Wilson 21 July 2012

Oh, now I`m almost in tears, this is a surprise but so sad, a very clever write, (hope your servant didn`t pen it for you) ., Long live the King.....

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