Out of the Darkness

By Karen C. Webb

A group of poems based on the last several years of the author's life. A mixture of dark and humorous poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Karen C. Webb
• Release date: May 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310882036

Karen C. Webb

Karen Webb lives in New Mexico and has traveled all over the country. She is an avid reader of fiction and enjoys writing it as well, setting her stories in locations she has visited. She writes as time allows, carrying a laptop with her and writing when she can. "I have more ideas for novels than I have time to write," says Karen. She also enjoys gardening, horseback riding and hiking through the mountains, searching for buried treasure with a metal detector.

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SHADOW KEY

Like Alice in Wonderland—locked doors everywhere

Why can’t I find the key—life is so unfair

My mind is searching everywhere. Searching, searching for the key

To unlock the hidden thoughts buried deep inside of me

Darkness holds the key. Midnight has the answer

It’s locked away inside my head—like a shadow dancer

There’s a door to the past—memories long since buried

I open it to a flood of thoughts—under this weight I’ve carried

I find the key, I open the door. Inside I see, my dreams are there

Strange ideas and thoughts. Like nothing I’ve seen before

The words await me beyond the door—new ideas for me to see

Poems and stories, ideas so strange. Always there, but locked away inside of me

I see the past as it was and what is yet to come

Rooms full of memories—other rooms with none

I see half-formed thoughts and scrambled words

Untold stories with nouns, but no verbs

The words are behind another door

Locked away there, lying on the floor

If only I could find the key

The darkness in my mind—filled with shadows so sublime

Wouldn’t be such a mystery

The key lies in the darkness—hidden in my thoughts

Shadows dance across my mind—memories I have sought

Dark recesses of my mind are still a mystery

Dreams unlock a door at night—by day, you need a key

The shadow key is there—I see it become free

Although it’s dark and scary—I’ve unlocked a piece of me

As I walk through the shadows I see hallways unwind

Pushing cobwebs to the side, exploring my own mind

The hallway stretches for eternity—locked doors, I plainly see

Through a door, into my thoughts—is where I long to be

I turn the key, I open the door—the darkness so complete

But through the door, the other side—words aren’t such a feat

I see the valley of the shadow—death is everywhere

If I’m locked inside my mind—who will even care?

The door creaks open slowly—hinges long unused

Leave the past behind me—the part of me that’s bruised

A whole new space, an empty room—it sits there quietly waiting

For my thoughts, for my