--- title: Death to all my friends date: 2009-05-21T16:31:09Z modified: 2009-05-21T16:40:48Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/death-to-all-my-friends/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 217 categories: - Life Poems - Sad Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/spirit.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2009-05-21T16:40:48Z tags: - Life Poems - Sad Poems --- ![spirit](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/spirit-199x300.jpg "spirit") time has taken its toll enduring everything life has thrown at me i stand here on the verge on greatness, on the threshold of a new life; getting lost within myself drifting further and further away i have nothing left to do i am so tired of these memories; in a world of constant motion i stand still, watching the madness spread its tentacles every nook and corner; seeing my reflection in the puddle at my feet my hands are cold and stained as my mind slowly drifted into insanity, my energy slowly drained away; as the knife fell down with a loud thump, the blood started oozing out from the cut, covering the hilt and slowly dripping down to the floor; the [moonlight](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/moonlight-passion.md) shines brightly through the broken mirror, as petals fall from the window i ticked off another name from my list, and stepped out into a Mad mad world gone out of control; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – this is something that i started writing a long time ago, but never got around to finishing it until today. image from the movie [The Spirit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831887/) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. – Paul Gauguin It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very [passion](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/storm-passion.md) they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –