Hidden Requiems

Ok so I've decided to make a thread for all of my poetry. I'd like some constructive criticism.

The One Desire

She locks herself away
Unnoticed. Unwritten.
She sits alone in the dark.
Whispering. Wondering.
She waits to see if someone comes by.
Listening. Waiting.
No one is coming. No one is listening.
Blind. Deaf.
Only to her.
She says.
Why is she so alone?
She wonders. Angry.
Her heart is racing.
The battle is not near over.
Only the sound of her breathing
Haunts the air.
Quietly. Unnoticed.
Give me a chance.
She says.
Let someone listen to my words.
She says.
No one is listening.
Nothing is changing.
No one cares.
She can only remind herself of those facts
Because to her no one is there.
They're all gone.
Dead.
In the darkness.
Too blind to see her tears.
But when she hears a voice
Telling her it'll be ok
She cannot help but think she's dreaming
About her true desire for
Someone to listen.
Someone to understand.
Someone to love her.
To not be blind
Like the others
Not cold or judgmental
Like the others.
Just a listener.
Nothing more.
Calm. Collected.
Loving. Kind.
All these things she hoped for and more
Are to come
But is she lying to herself?
Is this real?
Has she found someone who understands?
Is this a dream
As it seems to be?
She is uncertain
But she is so sure
That this is
The final chapter
Of her pain
She can feel just a bit of hope
That this is the end
The end of all the agony and sorrow
The end of all the nightmares and lonely nights
But she is unsure
She still wonders
If this is all a lie
Will this be the end...
Or a new beginning?
Life or death?
Darkness or light?
It all depends
On this moment.
But she will never know
Because she just awoke
To that same story
Of a lonely soul

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Purgatory

Burning rooftops in the distance
Demon hands reach for fire
Black-Cloaked figures stare at the followers
Whispers linger around the corner

The emotionless eyes of children hide behind their hands
Fallen angels lay on the cold asphalt
Black tree limbs hang over the night sky
The smoke from the fire blankets the ruins

Demon eyes stare back at me
Filled with hate and evil
Their gaze slowly cutting my soul
And breaking my self control

Fiery wings of hell angels
Graze my fingertips
As I try to reach
For the unseen light

Covered by darkness
I try to find the way
But keep getting lost
In this overwhelming path of evil

The emotionless eyes of children hide behind their hands
Fallen angels lay on the cold asphalt
Black tree limbs hang over the night sky
The smoke from the fire blankets the ruins

Demon eyes stare back at me
Filled with hate and evil
Their gaze slowly cutting my soul
And breaking my self control

Fiery wings of hell angels
Graze my fingertips
As I try to reach
For the unseen light