Yah I know this is a little dark and may be considered for 16 and over but I think that 13year olds can read this with no problem. I had to do this for my English class and I think I freaked my teacher out! My mom read it and only asked if my teacher thought I had a problem like this and if I was calling out for attention. I don’t think my teacher really thought of it like that. I think at least!

Well I Hope you like it. Now that I read it again I think it can still use more work. Thank you AriadneInLove for helping me with this! I hate sonnets… they drive me insane… maybe that is why I killed Shakespeare and did this instead of the lovey dovey thing. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”… God I hope not.. Way to hot and bright for me! Edgar Allan Poe is so much better!!!!

Life in Torment

Never in my dreams did blood truly shed.

But, I cannot stop myself when you shove.

It is hate not love that I sense instead.

What do you feel for I know it’s not love?

So here I stand and draw my steady breath.

Standing, bleeding in my sad loneliness.

My pain is blissfully released in death.

But all awaits me is your cold caress.

I now realized you are a tyrant!

Nothing more than a man for me to use.

Where is your heart for your chest is vacant?

For years I have longed to stop this abuse.

From this life of torment gladly I stood,

Up against your lies and many falsehoods!

Shakespeare lovers please don’t hate me! I love him too and all but sometimes he gets a little redundant. Especially in his plays.

Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’

-Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’