Half-way between the bowled catcher My cradled bones soon to taste air The cold of night numb me And the hidden side once it is freed As inside this carcass soon to be Will all my soul take sudden leave As forceps without a clamp And hammer without its blunt Strike my neck procedurally To codify another thread
I roll my eyes lifeless before The opening in the sky Behind the blue reflecting sea A mirror pocked by the white Of clean and careless clarity Sterile back-drop covered by primer As soon the basket will be Grass roots will taste copper today And tails bear the thickened rubies
Ever changing questing bright The footsteps dried like pen-marked words Another order change my hold Of how I retain my parts for naught I see the periods repeat around my last All to sign with blackest truth To one who hold the quill above Continue to weight down with ink
Clouds blow like the paper's did When I was shackled to the ring My back was bent by mallet-ends And by the bridge of glasses scoured Move slow or fast the end is same I still will be in arms of wood Soak by my predecessor's edicts
It shined with lacquered veneer distinct A task mine to complete Renew a thirsting stretch its slake For revenge of how its purpose take From off the leg not moving yet It screams as I will to the skies
Single globe stare back at me While all the rest take time to blink And luminate reflection down So I can shy and block the ground You long-describing say I meet
Last wind carry your signal flare As I take in the last greys of earth Close-lidded shut out the cold Preparing another set to crack
You never shift your watch from me The spectacle all too enticing How the colour dissipates to the air
You hold me in memory As does the cradle's coating
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Originally written on October 12, 2014. Third poem for the Hundred Themes Contest hosted by The-Poetry-Cafe. Maybe I will write several a day, but don't expect it. Contest posting: the-poetry-cafe.deviantart.com Profile: http://monocephalized.deviantart.com/ Theme: Light.