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Oct 2019
THIS TOO TOO SOLID FLESH

My body
disowns me.

Slams the door( making the
little blue china cups rattle on...

...their little blue china saucers ).

'COME BACK. . !
I scream

but it is only
a thought.

The silence
mocks me.

I've an idea
of what to do

but without my body
I can't see it

through. . .

Nothing about me
is real.

How thoughtless of my body
to just up & leave me

like. . . that!

Now I am
just a disembodied thought

floating invisibly
inside my flat

scaring the cat
raising hackles

unable to turn
the **** TV

off....aghhhhh
3 hours of Big Brother.

My body is snickering
just outside

the door
listening to my soul roar

with rage
at being

unable to translate
thought into action.

Oh how I long
for the body's flesh

even...yes...even
its fatty bits.

My body
enters

grinning: "Ok...ok
you're forgiven!"

& I enter it
eternally glad to be

human
this mesh

of spirit
& soul

And yes...yes
. . .flesh!
Donall Dempsey
Written by
Donall Dempsey  Guildford
(Guildford)   
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