When your heart speaks of grief and solitude
You know that your fate is clear and sealed.
You fall into nothingness,
You will fade slowly,
It is known long ago,
Better unborn.


In nights full of pain and emptiness
You search for answers,
Although you know that
Your God left you alone
With a worm that abide in your mind,
Painting your view into black.


You carry this grief on your shoulders,
This cruel fate belongs to you,
And you know that your dreams
Are never going to become true,
These scars on your tired face
Are drawn by curse of your fate.


Your laugh is not meant to be heard,
Your joy is not meant to be long-standing,
My child,
Hear me and don't cry.


Make a peace with yourself,
You'll be the last one to carry this burden,

Shelby Gray
Essay #3
1/23/13
    Darkness creeps it's way into everyone's mind at a certain point in thier lives. It
worms into the mind without a sound and slowly, over time, grasps at the heart until,
from the very depths of the dark underworld, it completely ensnares it. Edgar Allen Poe,
an eighteenth centry poet and writer of short stories , displayed many signs of that very
same darkness. The encounters in his mind were often of lingering evil, life after death,
torture, and other unspeakable horrors. One piece of this madman's work, in paticular,
caught the attention of many people from many backgrounds around the world. "Fall
of the House of Usher", is a short story that dipicts Poe's true essence. A story of
madness, horror, and evil, yet, this single story has been brought to life on the big sceen
as well as on paper.
    Movies are often adapted form their novel based origin, and "Fall of the House of

These poems (not written by me) are dedicared to my best friends who I missed very badly.

1. When your look at me I look like nothing is bothering me but once you look away and I look at you a tear slowly comes rolling down my cheek and I whisper: I miss you....

2. I miss you when something really good happens, because you are the one I want to share it with. I miss you when something is troubling me, because you are the one who understands me so well. I miss you when I laugh & cry because I know that you are the one that makes my laughter grow and my tears disappear. I miss you all the time, but I miss you most when I lay awake at night and think of all the wonderful times we spent with each other; for those were some of the best times of my life.

3. I miss your smile but I miss my own even more.

4. When I miss you, I re-read our old conversations and smile like an idiot.

5. I miss talking to you. It's like we have endless topic of anything and everything and I miss that. I miss talking to someone who gets me.