"decorticating" poems
I wish to comb the now distant Eden
Adopting Penelope's marble poise
To find her marvelling Polaris' freedom
Not questioning her heart, unlike my words.
Vaulted abaft* her marmoreal* shoulders
Chiliad* tales won, your silhouette
Decorticating* off African suns.
Oil lamp explorer, icy caves your lamp
Cannot warm; There are paths to cross with will,
Verdant* bridges constellated* with time.
Yet you, Inexhaustible human heart,
Beat with love. You gravedigger of the sky,
Estranged Love, brave forevermore the Afar,
Beyond the doubts of your enduring Heart.
Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 10:57 AM UTC
I love you deeply, profoundly
Yet you are unable to love me back
Sweetheart, it is a fact
That’s torturing me.
Many unanswered calls and texts
Many unsuccessful attempts
I found myself drowning in sadness
Where the sun shines much less.
It is painful to be purposely ignored
I’m in deep anxiety; I am bored
This unrefined, unrequited love
Is decorticating me. Holy Spirit above!
I love you dearly, tenderly
But you ignored my letters
My heart is being devoured by tigers
My queen is not present in my life.
Copyright © December, 2004, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
Dec 15, 2024
Dec 15, 2024 at 1:55 AM UTC
the bugs crawling, decorticating my skin,
my thorny spine trying to escape
as my mind starts sinking,
making me aware of every part of my body
the attentive audience of all i perceive to be staring at me
Deserted
i thought, maybe isolation would get the better of me
as ever inch of my soul leaves my autonomy
Floating
in a state of fear, but yet bliss
i see vivid colours melt in the sky
Deteriorating
but i am away from all the fear,
i am away from my self
as soon as i venture back,
Falling
i am scared once again
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 7:25 AM UTC