--- title: Madness of Life date: 2017-02-23T11:26:23Z modified: 2017-02-23T11:26:23Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/madness-life/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1720 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/alone_in_the_dark.jpg" featured_image_alt: Alone in the Dark author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2017-02-23T11:26:23Z tags: - Life Poems --- ![Alone in the Dark](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/alone_in_the_dark.jpg) the moon and stars shine brightly in the night sky, as the gentle breeze blows in the dark night, the leaves gently dance to the beat of the breeze, as i lay on my backside, unable to sleep; my [thoughts](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/in-the-web-of-thoughts.md) drift in and out of my subconscious, in the land of kings and queens, in the land of dreams, darkness slowly descends upon my mind, inch by inch; the world thinks i am sleeping while the night keeps me awake, i am a wanderer in [the darkness](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-darkness.md), searching for the light; the madness of [life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/fresh-lease-of-life.md) tears and pulls me apart from all directions, the night (darkness) keeps me awake, as the sound of [silence](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/breaking-the-silence.md) grows increasingly louder and louder, the monsters inside my head [run](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) amok;