The Dark Side of the Moon

This is a collection of four poems that follow a person losing his mind taking him to his death. Each of the titles was inspired by "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" from the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" album. I hope that you enjoy and I would most all like feed back on this collection. Your feedback will let me know if I should create another theme collection as this. Email me here: DrkSeekr

They follow in this order: "Lunatic", "Dark Side of the Moon", "Brain Damage", and "Eclipse"

Lunatic

The moon, with a lunar eclipse

Takes over my very soul

Creating a lunatic inside

Wanting my body as a whole.

I fight to keep it together

Hold on to my mind

Even with every passing moment

I can feel it begin to unwind.

People continue to watch me

Not knowing that when I speak

There is a strong front there

As my mental state is weak.

I am very afraid of the unknown

Wondering how close I am to the edge

And yet curious if that next push

Will send me over the ledge.

So with the moon and the lunar eclipse

I am left grasping at straws

Finding the moon hold enough power

To enhance and encourage my mental flaw.

Dark Side of the Moon

The dark side of the moon

Away from the light

Is where my sanity lies

In an endless night.

I once held control

Sparked by my high desire

But with all things lost

So is that fire.

No one will come see me

Leaving me all alone

In this world where

I am nothing but a drone.

I continue to sit

Knowing absolutely no fear

And the only link to sanity

Is an occasional tear.

I am deemed unstable

And I am completely insane

For the dark side of the moon

Holds my shattered brain.

Brain Damage

I start to awake

And come out of this trance

I am no longer catatonic

But brain damage steals my new chance.

I look around my surroundings

And try to grasp the world I knew

Yet everything has moved on

Making me feel brand new.

A question now arises to my mind

Wondering if again I should learn

All about this modern world

Or live in the Hell where I will slowly burn.

I make my choice regarding the future

And find on a table a razor sharp knife

For this brain damage rules me now

Taking over my mere mortal life.

I pick up the knife

Staring deep into the blade

For as I slit my wrist

My life begins to fade.

Eclipse

Eclipse of life,

Darkness taking control

Pulling my body and

Reaching for my soul.

I look at the dark

Then back to the light

And with this looking back

I am overcome with fright.

The world I once knew

Has now been erased

Leaving me in this new world

Where I have been placed.

I feel at ease

For the first time in a while

And all throughout my body

I can feel a smile.

I cannot physically move

Yet, I am still free

For this eclipse of life has

Killed and now carries me.