Teenage Perspective Poem: Haunted Homecoming
This is just a quick heads up. The following introduction is quite lengthy for reasons to be able to tell over a very special point to do with the accompanying poem. Regardless of it's length I hope you enjoy reading it and the poem, which I hope will inspire you.
Among the many poems on my blog, I have four poems which I wrote that relate to struggling teenagers. They are:
Mystery in the Mind
Haunted Heart
Sad Eyes
Haunted Homecoming
Each one was written to help bring out and make people aware of the various struggles that a teenager may be going through. "Mystery in the Mind" was written to help people understand that teenagers have many questions about life, such as the changes they go through physically, emotionally and mentally, or questions about G-d, existence and the world around them. These teens need to ask those questions, as difficult as they are to ask, but they are made even more difficult to ask, when nobody seems to care.
"Haunted Heart" was written to discuss the trauma and pain a teenager may be going through when thinking about certain chapters of his past. His heart is haunted with a ghostly nightmare which constantly scares him as he cannot come to terms with the actions he did or the the thoughts he had, as a teenager, which creates terrible trauma and leaves him very, very alone.
"Sad Eyes" was written to convey the personality struggle, where a teenager could put on a strong, dangerous mentality in public, all the while his eyes hiding the scared, upset, soft, kind and lonely person he truly is.
And finally "Haunted Homecoming," this very poem you are about to read, tells the story of a teenager, who after many months and years of living away from home, finally decides to return based off the encouragement and loved he received from his only friend and confidant.
But...
As he is about to knock on his parents door, the ghost of his terribly difficult and challenging past flashes right before his eyes. In a moment of pure heartbreak he falls to the ground in tears calling out to his friend to help him. After seeing his friend walk away believing he is being taken care of by his parents, he faints right then and there,consumed by the grief and horrors of his past as those horrendous mental monsters, continue to float around in his head.
This poem was written to convey just how difficult it really is for a struggling teenager to come back home.
Apologies, once again, for the incredibly long introduction. But now, I hope you understand this poem written below which I hope you enjoy reading.
Yitzy Schweitzer
How can you see what I hide deep in my eyes
Leading you down into my heart, into the darkened shadows
My soul is torn, and the tears pour out from my veins
Spilling out, hot and painful,
While my life continues to slip
Far, far,
Away…
Take my hand,
Place your hand in mine
Lead me up
Throughout the full climb
Save me.
Save me from the monster inside my heart
Wake me up
From the nightmare in my soul
Pull me out
Let me feel whole
Save me
Take me back to the home where I belong
I’ve spent so many years far away,
But I am ready to go back now
Oh, Father, won’t you please wait a little longer
I am coming,
Home
Now…
Take my hand,
Place your hand in mine
Lead me up
Throughout the full climb
Save me.
Save me from the monster inside my heart
Wake me up
From the nightmare in my soul
Pull me out
Let me feel whole
Save me
Take me back to the home where I belong
Almost, almost, there
I’m coming home
To where I belong
Almost, almost, there,
But, now, standing outside, I am afraid, to come any closer
I want to run, turn away, not come back
My head spins
My heart begins to break
I have risked so much
This one final step, I can’t take
I collapse again,
Tears falling from eyes,
I was so close
But now it feels like a new demise
I try to call out
But my voice
Fails me
Don’t leave me alone, please,
I am about to slip away
Please, save me.
Take my hand,
Place your hand in mine
Lead me up
Throughout the full climb
Save me.
Save me from the monster inside my heart
From the nightmare in my soul
Pull me out
Let me feel whole
Save me
Take me back to the home where I belong
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