Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
"wounding" poems
What's wrong with you, with us, what's happening to us? Ah our love is a harsh cord that binds us wounding us and if we want to leave our wound, to separate, it makes a new knot for us and condemns us to drain our blood and burn together. What's wrong with you? I look at you and I find nothing in you but two eyes like all eyes, a mouth lost among a thousand mouths that I have kissed, more beautiful, a body just like those that have slipped beneath my body without leaving any memory. And how empty you went through the world like a wheat-colored jar without air, without sound, without substance! I vainly sought in you depth for my arms that dig, without cease, beneath the earth: beneath your skin, beneath your eyes, nothing, beneath your double breast scarcely raised a current of crystalline order that does not know why it flows singing. Why, why, why, my love, why?
0
29.6k
Love
“the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity” *wrote those words to a stranger in pain, awful pain, asking him to count his blessings* *now awful pain no stranger to me a pain four decades long, that the surgeon promised was fully excised. but today was triggered, chest pain dagger ingredient emergency room so I am counting for, but not to, counting on infinity when the wounding cannot be recalled, only a minor scar to struggle from wonder whence came it from which is the definition of reaching the infinity place,* where finite comes to rest
0
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 at 5:37 PM UTC
the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity
...a diary of the falling dominoes chapter invisibly dying from the inside out no one is looking into unseen eyes no one can hear a muted voice fading no one is close enough to be near the deafening thrums echo anxieties’ racing heartbeat within morphing flesh shell , gasping for new breath in a hovering stale silence from a distance the broken mirror ricochets a subdued light ; much closer the reflection reveals someone I once knew by heart now an unrecognizable mask enshrouds a terminal emptiness inconspicuous at a fleeting glance , impossible to discern what storms rage from the inside out ,... unnoticed   an uncontained wildfire smoldering within,  lies in wait for the imminent winds of change to fan the flames into the final eternal silent ashes a poet reaches out demurely offering a candid look into the window of the imperfect human soul there is no poetry met by indifference just gathered unread words scribbled, squandered time dripped slowly on an empty page ; moments turn into days days turned into years invisibly dying from the inside out an unfinished life trickles out like seeping blood evanescing from a bottomless puncture wounding ... penetrating the heart, leaching out the slow death of a poet for poetry is only words unless they touch someone ... befallen to indifference is poetic death by salted paper cuts ... a muting suffocation that hiddenly erodes away, silencing the passion of a musing soul one unread word at a time ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
0
Jan 18, 2017
Jan 18, 2017 at 12:16 PM UTC
The Slow Death of a Poet
...a diary of the falling dominoes chapter invisibly dying from the inside out no one is looking into unseen eyes no one can hear a muted voice fading no one is close enough to be near the deafening thrums echo anxieties’ racing heartbeat within morphing flesh shell , gasping for new breath in a hovering stale silence from a distance the broken mirror ricochets a subdued light ; much closer the reflection reveals someone I once knew by heart now an unrecognizable mask enshrouds a terminal emptiness inconspicuous at a fleeting glance , impossible to discern what storms rage from the inside out ,... unnoticed   an uncontained wildfire smoldering within,  lies in wait for the imminent winds of change to fan the flames into the final eternal silent ashes a poet reaches out demurely offering a candid look into the window of the imperfect human soul there is no poetry met by indifference just gathered unread words scribbled, squandered time dripped slowly on an empty page ; moments turn into days days turned into years invisibly dying from the inside out an unfinished life trickles out like seeping blood evanescing from a bottomless puncture wounding ... penetrating the heart, leaching out the slow death of a poet for poetry is only words unless they touch someone ... befallen to indifference is poetic death by salted paper cuts ... a muting suffocation that hiddenly erodes away, silencing the passion of a musing soul one unread word at a time ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
Continue reading...
50
He does not think before he speaks Wounding all with words he meets A trail of destruction left behind Oblivious of his dysfunctional mind Never wrong he's always right Insecurity is his plight An enemy to himself within Everything always about him No middle ground No compromise He'll twist the truth With articulate lies His ego grandiose As he stands tall His aim to watch you Retreat and fall Emotionally void From the human race Defiance etched upon his face Your life now fraught with pain and worry As he does never intend to say I'm sorry
0
Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 7:59 PM UTC
The Narcissist
of evident invisibles exquisite the hovering at the dark portals of hurt girl eyes sincere with wonder a poise a wounding a beautiful suppression the accurate boy mouth now droops the faun head now the intimate flower dreams of parted lips dim upon the syrinx
0
8.3k
Of Evident Invisibles
You pick up your needles and knit together your lies you make a scarf of all different feelings blue, red, green, yellow beautiful but that doesn't mean i don't hate it. You drape it around my neck wounding it around and around tight, tighter, too tight i choke back my words i now look beautiful but that doesn't mean i don't hate you.
0
Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 8:59 PM UTC
this scarf is too itchy
Pretty is a six-letter word that can’t encompass your entire being in its arms. You were born to a mother who wore pain like trees wear their rings, as marks of fierce bravery and battle cries. You almost split her insides open coming out, wailing so hard the plaster cracked, but she grinned and bore it like a champion, even though the walls of her womb felt like one giant cigarette burn that no one cared enough to put out. You are Icarus incarnate, with a body stitched from wings, flying toward the sun every day no matter how low the storm clouds hover. Pretty is not a synonym for learning how to put together a body that fights itself every day with pocket knives, like assembling letters to form words that flame in the mouth. That’s called survival. Pretty is an ugly word. It leaves behind a bitter residue that apologies cannot erase. Pretty is just an excuse for playing darts with a woman’s confidence. When told you are not pretty, always remember how your body expanded to fit its widening cage, its blooming hips, how the growing pains were less like pain and more like cracking fault lines. How your body turned itself inside out and spilled over and over again. Getting emptied is not pretty. It is dark and wounding and it requires strength enough to move mountains. On your worst days do not look in the mirror and call yourself pretty. Call yourself trying, call yourself surviving, call yourself learning how to get through a day, a week, a month or year. Call yourself still learning. Pretty is just six letters for lipstick, false eyelashes, combs for hair that never gets tangled, not for women who earn a victory every day just managing to exist. When told you are not pretty, do not **** in your stomach. Pretty is a discriminatory word, but having a body that knows what it wants and gets what it wants is not a hate crime. It’s a healing hymn. Don’t forget how trees shake their last leaves in winter like they’re shedding skin from the old year. Shed pretty. Shed it now. Teach yourself to replace it with heart-wrenching, brilliant, clever, artistic, unique, understanding, fighting. Always living. When told you are not pretty, don’t fall in love with the ground. Get back up. This is not an apocalypse; this is not the end of the world. A six-letter word doesn’t have the power to burn down every building in site or freeze the entire world in epic proportions. Your body is not wreckage or refuse left over from a world on fire. Your body is just fine. Look in the mirror. Tell yourself, Pretty is not me. Pretty is an ugly concept. I am more.
0
Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 6:59 AM UTC
when told you are not pretty
Pretty is a six-letter word that can’t encompass your entire being in its arms. You were born to a mother who wore pain like trees wear their rings, as marks of fierce bravery and battle cries. You almost split her insides open coming out, wailing so hard the plaster cracked, but she grinned and bore it like a champion, even though the walls of her womb felt like one giant cigarette burn that no one cared enough to put out. You are Icarus incarnate, with a body stitched from wings, flying toward the sun every day no matter how low the storm clouds hover. Pretty is not a synonym for learning how to put together a body that fights itself every day with pocket knives, like assembling letters to form words that flame in the mouth. That’s called survival. Pretty is an ugly word. It leaves behind a bitter residue that apologies cannot erase. Pretty is just an excuse for playing darts with a woman’s confidence. When told you are not pretty, always remember how your body expanded to fit its widening cage, its blooming hips, how the growing pains were less like pain and more like cracking fault lines. How your body turned itself inside out and spilled over and over again. Getting emptied is not pretty. It is dark and wounding and it requires strength enough to move mountains. On your worst days do not look in the mirror and call yourself pretty. Call yourself trying, call yourself surviving, call yourself learning how to get through a day, a week, a month or year. Call yourself still learning. Pretty is just six letters for lipstick, false eyelashes, combs for hair that never gets tangled, not for women who earn a victory every day just managing to exist. When told you are not pretty, do not **** in your stomach. Pretty is a discriminatory word, but having a body that knows what it wants and gets what it wants is not a hate crime. It’s a healing hymn. Don’t forget how trees shake their last leaves in winter like they’re shedding skin from the old year. Shed pretty. Shed it now. Teach yourself to replace it with heart-wrenching, brilliant, clever, artistic, unique, understanding, fighting. Always living. When told you are not pretty, don’t fall in love with the ground. Get back up. This is not an apocalypse; this is not the end of the world. A six-letter word doesn’t have the power to burn down every building in site or freeze the entire world in epic proportions. Your body is not wreckage or refuse left over from a world on fire. Your body is just fine. Look in the mirror. Tell yourself, Pretty is not me. Pretty is an ugly concept. I am more.
Continue reading...
8
The Albatross Lone de-odorizer of the toilet Its smooth contour covered in a clear blanket Wrapped around with cheap plastic, Adorned with cheap silk, the semi-lucent plastic Like unwrapping a yema It smells very sweet. Very, very. You seldom notice this white bird In your long hours of comforting, brooding Hungering for attention beneath the swollen toilet Asking for unwanted pleasures The toilet asks "why must I feed?” The Albatross mums in its silent reprieve. Still you didn’t notice the wounding Of your smooth oily toilet In long comforting hours of sleep; No, only excretion is wanted here. The albatross takes away the scourge The scourge beneath your noses And still you didn’t notice The glory in its inexistence (Paolo Jerome D. Cristobal / June 28, 2008)
0
Sep 17, 2017
Sep 17, 2017 at 12:00 PM UTC
The albatross
I wake up Each morning, Head to my closet, And arm myself With clothes Thick as brick walls. I rummage Through various Pairs of greeve-like Pants Looking for The right foundation On which I Will build The day's Exoskeleton. Fix my hair Like the rest Of mankind. Hair that Acts as the cloak That ascribes me To anonimity. Before I leave I put on the Weight of My outer person, The one which I have carefully Built out of Various yous And none of me. The skin That I Have worn To see my soul Forlorn. I go, parade myself Like a sentinel Emblazoned With all the Merits; Look and behold A hero that Beckons to all who pass A hero who Hides all the dross Of the Inside. The inside of whatever is left Of my Dying kingdom. I go as a bastion With jutted spears And sharpened pikes Wounding those Who advance Whether in peace Or in strife. No, I will not Let anyone Through the gates Of my starving King. All my life I was being Built as a Stronghold. Father, as a mason, Taught me That strength Is measured Through how Much pressure My structure Can endure. Mother, as an artisan, Raised me As a dam That will not break. Taught me That my worth Is measured in the Volumes that I can keep. Suffering be now The mortar That binds all my griefs Together. Pain, ***** Barricades Around my thirsting Prince. Comrade, Stay as a facade; Hide the muck That have accumulated Throughout The years. Lover, break me down. Strip me of all My armor, Break down the walls. Turn my spears Into soft dandelion ***** Wade through the tar And see Through the veil. Unseam All my scars; Bleed me dry Until you reach my core. See me for Who I am. Witness the king That I have deprived. Caress the face Of the prince That I have denied. Satiate my famished spirit, Oh, you, lover of my soul.
0
Nov 12, 2014
Nov 12, 2014 at 8:18 AM UTC
Clothes
I wake up Each morning, Head to my closet, And arm myself With clothes Thick as brick walls. I rummage Through various Pairs of greeve-like Pants Looking for The right foundation On which I Will build The day's Exoskeleton. Fix my hair Like the rest Of mankind. Hair that Acts as the cloak That ascribes me To anonimity. Before I leave I put on the Weight of My outer person, The one which I have carefully Built out of Various yous And none of me. The skin That I Have worn To see my soul Forlorn. I go, parade myself Like a sentinel Emblazoned With all the Merits; Look and behold A hero that Beckons to all who pass A hero who Hides all the dross Of the Inside. The inside of whatever is left Of my Dying kingdom. I go as a bastion With jutted spears And sharpened pikes Wounding those Who advance Whether in peace Or in strife. No, I will not Let anyone Through the gates Of my starving King. All my life I was being Built as a Stronghold. Father, as a mason, Taught me That strength Is measured Through how Much pressure My structure Can endure. Mother, as an artisan, Raised me As a dam That will not break. Taught me That my worth Is measured in the Volumes that I can keep. Suffering be now The mortar That binds all my griefs Together. Pain, ***** Barricades Around my thirsting Prince. Comrade, Stay as a facade; Hide the muck That have accumulated Throughout The years. Lover, break me down. Strip me of all My armor, Break down the walls. Turn my spears Into soft dandelion ***** Wade through the tar And see Through the veil. Unseam All my scars; Bleed me dry Until you reach my core. See me for Who I am. Witness the king That I have deprived. Caress the face Of the prince That I have denied. Satiate my famished spirit, Oh, you, lover of my soul.
Continue reading...
121
red stains, fading, cracked, scented      _if i kissed your prints, would they kiss me back?_ sighs, thoughts, spaces between prints      spaces between words, between parted lips and floating thoughts the world! is so crowded with space but yours is the one i want to fill .      but where are the lines? lines of loss, lines of lawns, lines of ink and rips and more stains and letters, in the hands and on the pavement where are the lines? why won't you go there? why do you hover in these foul, indomitable spaces? why do you seek that which you should not?      if the shadow of lines slinks in your quiet expression, then why are you still here?      if the echo of your soft face lingers in my hands, if the whisper of your breath and the heat of your skin still singes my own, then why do you disappear? lovely wraith, lovely memory of a thing that once was, why do you sit so alone? because i am coming to your space, and if you can see me, of shadow and fog, then i will meet you there,      on a line of our own. _>because it's a death premeditated and i can see it unfolding,_      _sharp wounding painful_ _and the discourse in the sky is telling me so, yet why do i keep walking west?_
0
Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 at 5:28 PM UTC
spaces& lines .
I never asked you for the things you gave me I never asked But you didn't even care If I had asked, would you have shut me out? Or would you have given more? Of your overflowing wine of life or love or energy ( or whatever it was   that you folded into my hands   like the most secret-sacred treasure map ) You would sometimes catch me In a gaze like a doe Ask me things That took time to sink in Because I was being distracted By my urge to count your eyelashes We could never go outside in the cold Because you were terrified That your breath would crystallize  and twist inside your lungs But you loved to see how long you could hold your breath for Underwater There would be pauses As time stilled to take a look at us To check that we really were still there And everything around us swirled Like autumn leaves or glitter stars Our glances would solidify And memory struck out to capture snapshots Everly, I never asked Not even once, but you still gave Everly, I can't quite grasp I see you sometimes When the sunshine's wounding bright Yellow, cheerful, heavenly And I look into the shadows To find rest for my eyes I can never keep straight the present and the past So when I look in the shade I see ghosts of you sprawled out, laughing, head tilted back, hands splayed Your sighs were soft But you only ever sighed them When your face shone With a lovely glow of indulgence We watched Hitchcock religiously We wouldn't give them up You said that you liked Vertigo the best But you never told me why I'll hold your friendship In the cup of my hands While wonder fills up slowly Where my thoughts should be I'll peer over my thumbs To steal a peek at the clear blue crystalline Effervescent memories I will remember you foreverly My word
0
Apr 5, 2011
Apr 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM UTC
Everly
I never asked you for the things you gave me I never asked But you didn't even care If I had asked, would you have shut me out? Or would you have given more? Of your overflowing wine of life or love or energy ( or whatever it was   that you folded into my hands   like the most secret-sacred treasure map ) You would sometimes catch me In a gaze like a doe Ask me things That took time to sink in Because I was being distracted By my urge to count your eyelashes We could never go outside in the cold Because you were terrified That your breath would crystallize  and twist inside your lungs But you loved to see how long you could hold your breath for Underwater There would be pauses As time stilled to take a look at us To check that we really were still there And everything around us swirled Like autumn leaves or glitter stars Our glances would solidify And memory struck out to capture snapshots Everly, I never asked Not even once, but you still gave Everly, I can't quite grasp I see you sometimes When the sunshine's wounding bright Yellow, cheerful, heavenly And I look into the shadows To find rest for my eyes I can never keep straight the present and the past So when I look in the shade I see ghosts of you sprawled out, laughing, head tilted back, hands splayed Your sighs were soft But you only ever sighed them When your face shone With a lovely glow of indulgence We watched Hitchcock religiously We wouldn't give them up You said that you liked Vertigo the best But you never told me why I'll hold your friendship In the cup of my hands While wonder fills up slowly Where my thoughts should be I'll peer over my thumbs To steal a peek at the clear blue crystalline Effervescent memories I will remember you foreverly My word
Continue reading...
57
This is not an accident. I used to call him a lazy criminal. Scooping hearts and spilling blood, leaving footprints, fingerprints. Stains. Eyes folding over -- the blindman or the beggar? Lips that blossomed into blueprints. Hands that rhymed with dreams, instead. The weeknights, dark and warm in a season of curled paper. No speaking -- guilt only follows past the second trip through the door. And then the mornings. More sun in him than the greenhouse where we watched dragonfly wings. A pattern about him like dragonfly wings. In those days we knew what it meant to point without wounding. We knew how to need someone without wanting, without loving.
0
Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM UTC
lentement, doucement, discrètement
I have longed to be like Jesus since the day I was reborn With a heart formed by the Father, by His hands so strong and warm For although my soul was perfect, this old heart had far to go It was lofty and self serving; never broken, hard as stone But the only way to change my heart was not to mold like clay He must carve it with a chisel that would break the stone away So pain became my teacher and its lessons I learned well As every trial would test me with each wounding swing that fell One day I asked my Father as He formed His shapeless art "Where did You find that chisel, Lord, that breaks so hard my heart?" He took me to a village, somewhere, long before my time And showed me where a blacksmith, there, was working near his mine The local king had ordered that some special spikes be made To perform a certain service later on that ancient day The smith stoked up his furnace till it singed his heavy beard And the strikes that made his hammer ring were heard by every ear Then he spun the massive whetstone, pressed each spike against its edge And the sparks shot out like lightening as he sharpened up the ends The spikes, still warm from grinding, then were gathered in a cloth And delivered to the mountain with the prisoner and the cross Instantly I understood just what he made them for The chisels used to shape my heart first crucified my Lord Now every stroke that life will bring I'll welcome like a prize For every chip that falls away will make me more like Christ
0
May 30, 2011
May 30, 2011 at 3:14 PM UTC
"THE CHISEL"
I have longed to be like Jesus since the day I was reborn With a heart formed by the Father, by His hands so strong and warm For although my soul was perfect, this old heart had far to go It was lofty and self serving; never broken, hard as stone But the only way to change my heart was not to mold like clay He must carve it with a chisel that would break the stone away So pain became my teacher and its lessons I learned well As every trial would test me with each wounding swing that fell One day I asked my Father as He formed His shapeless art "Where did You find that chisel, Lord, that breaks so hard my heart?" He took me to a village, somewhere, long before my time And showed me where a blacksmith, there, was working near his mine The local king had ordered that some special spikes be made To perform a certain service later on that ancient day The smith stoked up his furnace till it singed his heavy beard And the strikes that made his hammer ring were heard by every ear Then he spun the massive whetstone, pressed each spike against its edge And the sparks shot out like lightening as he sharpened up the ends The spikes, still warm from grinding, then were gathered in a cloth And delivered to the mountain with the prisoner and the cross Instantly I understood just what he made them for The chisels used to shape my heart first crucified my Lord Now every stroke that life will bring I'll welcome like a prize For every chip that falls away will make me more like Christ
Continue reading...
24
In the greenest meadow, With the clearest stream, And the bluest sky, There lived a lion. His mane golden and his teeth white. He had not yet tasted the flesh of deer. On the other side of the meadow, There lived a doe. Her fur was a silken brown. She knew not of lions. The lion saw the doe, and was in awe. She was clean, she was beautiful. He wanted a taste. He spoke to her in low, calming tones. Speaking to her lovely lies. He said he craved a taste of her flesh. She fell for the lion. The doe wanted to please the lion. She offered him a taste. So he tasted. But the lion couldn't control his hunger. He tore at her flesh. Wounding the deer. The green grass turned red. The sky grew dark. When he had enough, he got up. He looked at her. He growled, he hissed, he walked away. He wanted no blame for his own doing. The doe nursed her wounds. And the water turned red. She grew strong again. Washed clean by the stream. The grass green again. The sky blue. But her scars remained. The silken fur turned ragged. The doe had a friend. One with much shinier fur. One more beautiful than she had been. One that was unable to stand on her own. Her friend was weak. Weary from running. She also did not know of lions. The doe told her of the lion. Showed her the scars. Her friend saw, and hated the lion. Or so she said. The sky grew dark again. The lion came back. His mane with deep red in it. His teeth bloodstained. The doe was wary. The doe knew he was flesh-hungry. Her scars ached. And she knew. Her friend was in danger.
0
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 3:21 PM UTC
The lion and the doe.
In the greenest meadow, With the clearest stream, And the bluest sky, There lived a lion. His mane golden and his teeth white. He had not yet tasted the flesh of deer. On the other side of the meadow, There lived a doe. Her fur was a silken brown. She knew not of lions. The lion saw the doe, and was in awe. She was clean, she was beautiful. He wanted a taste. He spoke to her in low, calming tones. Speaking to her lovely lies. He said he craved a taste of her flesh. She fell for the lion. The doe wanted to please the lion. She offered him a taste. So he tasted. But the lion couldn't control his hunger. He tore at her flesh. Wounding the deer. The green grass turned red. The sky grew dark. When he had enough, he got up. He looked at her. He growled, he hissed, he walked away. He wanted no blame for his own doing. The doe nursed her wounds. And the water turned red. She grew strong again. Washed clean by the stream. The grass green again. The sky blue. But her scars remained. The silken fur turned ragged. The doe had a friend. One with much shinier fur. One more beautiful than she had been. One that was unable to stand on her own. Her friend was weak. Weary from running. She also did not know of lions. The doe told her of the lion. Showed her the scars. Her friend saw, and hated the lion. Or so she said. The sky grew dark again. The lion came back. His mane with deep red in it. His teeth bloodstained. The doe was wary. The doe knew he was flesh-hungry. Her scars ached. And she knew. Her friend was in danger.
Continue reading...
57
I want to descent the well, I want to climb the walls of Granada, To gaze at the heart graved By the dark stylus of waters. The wounded child moaned With a crown of frost. Ponds, cisterns and fountains Raised their swords in the air. Ay what fury of love, what a wounding edge, what nocturnal murmurs, what white deaths! What deserts of light went destroying the sand-dunes of dawn! The child was alone Wth the sleeping town in his throat. A fountain that rises from dream guarded him from thirsts of seaweed. The child and his agony face to face, Were two green entangled showers. The child stretched on the ground his agony bent on itself. I want to descent the well, I want to die my death by mouthfuls, I want to fill my heart with moss, To see the one wounded by water.
0
2.5k
Casida of One Wounded by Water
Sweet words are nothing. Words so empty, and fruitless. No "sweetheart" will fix it. How can your words still hurt me? After all, you deserted me. Time and, time again. Do you feel like a man? With my clothes tossed in trash bags. When you're tossing me out, like the garbage you never throw out. Do you feel like the man? When you scream my worthless life lies in your hands. Wrecking every defense I have put up. How dare you wonder why I'm so messed up? Jumping at every shout. The shivers when I greet authority. The name calling never gets old. The words ring in my head like a catchy song. The shouts echo in my brain. You wanted to break me. Wounding me so emotionally. Scarring me like a ghost haunting me. Don't try and play daddy. Now that I have disappointed you. You're too late. Remember when you told me? How you hoped I ended up in a wooden crate. That's the night you really left me. Do you feel like the man now?
0
Aug 15, 2016
Aug 15, 2016 at 2:51 PM UTC
Daddy Issues
War of the worlds,                                 men bartering money Dollar bills left abandoned,                                                blown to smithereens Battling dusts of torment,                                             acceptance of surrender Waging a money war,                                        business men flee In the shadows rises,                                    a fallen angel Akin to a phoenix,                                 from the ashes She symbolizes a renewal,                                              dying in fires Sparks burning a nest,                                        immortality supplying coffins Diabolical legacies of past,                                              bow & arrow Punctured wounding broken heart,                                                              wings disallow flight Stumbling a splintered hip,                                                reborn a chance Of independent determined autonomy,                                                                     la Cuesta Encantada Fallen at the gates,                                 an enchanted hill San Simeon seeking redemption,                                                         death awaits her Carrying body & soul,                                        Santa María Maggiore Of Roman baroque temples,                                                  small cascading pools Death releases her body,                                          the Neptune pool She floats without dissension,                                                    sinking in grace In all her glory,                            Hearst Castle will Entomb body & soul,                                       memories of her release release release Absolution. © Sia Jane
0
Apr 2, 2014
Apr 2, 2014 at 12:12 PM UTC
Phoenix (from the flames)
War of the worlds,                                 men bartering money Dollar bills left abandoned,                                                blown to smithereens Battling dusts of torment,                                             acceptance of surrender Waging a money war,                                        business men flee In the shadows rises,                                    a fallen angel Akin to a phoenix,                                 from the ashes She symbolizes a renewal,                                              dying in fires Sparks burning a nest,                                        immortality supplying coffins Diabolical legacies of past,                                              bow & arrow Punctured wounding broken heart,                                                              wings disallow flight Stumbling a splintered hip,                                                reborn a chance Of independent determined autonomy,                                                                     la Cuesta Encantada Fallen at the gates,                                 an enchanted hill San Simeon seeking redemption,                                                         death awaits her Carrying body & soul,                                        Santa María Maggiore Of Roman baroque temples,                                                  small cascading pools Death releases her body,                                          the Neptune pool She floats without dissension,                                                    sinking in grace In all her glory,                            Hearst Castle will Entomb body & soul,                                       memories of her release release release Absolution. © Sia Jane
Continue reading...
43
and if you are still the way you have always been, you're the lucky ones because most of us have taken ourselves apart down to the very molecules we are made up of and rearranged them to someone else's liking and if you are still happy then you're the lucky ones, because most of us are so depressed we are willing to lather our stomachs in alcohol and burn our throats with smoke for fun, or to forget that person who made us feel like we were sitting in a haystack of needles, stabbing and wounding every inch of our skin and if you still strive for your highest hopes and dreams, then you're the luckiest ones, because most of us settle for less, and only climb the ladder until we think we have reached the top and if you're in love, you really are the luckiest of all, because we are all mostly bitter over those we have lost, thinking we are unable to find someone that will bring us the same happiness that the other person used to bring
0
Oct 26, 2014
Oct 26, 2014 at 8:30 PM UTC
lucky
Harbour lights beckoning Like saintly haloed will-o-wisps Annointing ocean mists Jaded haunting memories Come surging down with tidal force And flood all other thoughts:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* How oft' those words have plagued me, How many moons have traced the sky To fall from high Reborn to die And all in vain to answer why The sea could never save me? Weary sea-legs greet the dock, Where once they brought in stoic stance An end to fair romance Your eyes were filled with sadness, Beacons born of hope and kindness Blinded by my blindness:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* Stumbling blind from shore to lea, From tavern, inn and hotel bar, I search afar Of ev'ry tar To ask of all oh where you are But nowhere can I find thee? A young man needs adventure, Yet all I learned from years at sea Was all I missed of thee Has time unwound the wounding Of hasty words once said with zest With pride and puffed-out chest:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* With all hope driven from me, I watched a sailor paint a tale To taint me pale As he regailed Of maiden fair and love that failed And torment that befell thee Panic wove itself a wreath Around my heart and pulling tight It dragged me through the night From town to shore I stumbled And there upon the jagged rocks Espied your ebon locks:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* The beauty wrought within thee, Noble grace and elegant flair My maiden fair Beyond compare With ***** and seaweed in your hair, What tragedy befell thee? Translucent as the water, You turn with sightless eyes to see And see but thought of me The sadness and betrayal Takes harbour in your haunting face Now anchored in this place:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* Through years that passed unkindly, For all my sins of jealous pride The truth I hide From thee inside, My heart and soul with thee reside And I have always loved thee The sea I loved has taken The destined time we had to share And thee in thy despair Oh love my love forgive me, Upon the sea I held so dear To you alone I swear:      *Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      But my heart belonged to thee*
0
Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 4:08 AM UTC
The Sea Mistress
Harbour lights beckoning Like saintly haloed will-o-wisps Annointing ocean mists Jaded haunting memories Come surging down with tidal force And flood all other thoughts:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* How oft' those words have plagued me, How many moons have traced the sky To fall from high Reborn to die And all in vain to answer why The sea could never save me? Weary sea-legs greet the dock, Where once they brought in stoic stance An end to fair romance Your eyes were filled with sadness, Beacons born of hope and kindness Blinded by my blindness:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* Stumbling blind from shore to lea, From tavern, inn and hotel bar, I search afar Of ev'ry tar To ask of all oh where you are But nowhere can I find thee? A young man needs adventure, Yet all I learned from years at sea Was all I missed of thee Has time unwound the wounding Of hasty words once said with zest With pride and puffed-out chest:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* With all hope driven from me, I watched a sailor paint a tale To taint me pale As he regailed Of maiden fair and love that failed And torment that befell thee Panic wove itself a wreath Around my heart and pulling tight It dragged me through the night From town to shore I stumbled And there upon the jagged rocks Espied your ebon locks:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* The beauty wrought within thee, Noble grace and elegant flair My maiden fair Beyond compare With ***** and seaweed in your hair, What tragedy befell thee? Translucent as the water, You turn with sightless eyes to see And see but thought of me The sadness and betrayal Takes harbour in your haunting face Now anchored in this place:     *"Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      And I love her more than thee"* Through years that passed unkindly, For all my sins of jealous pride The truth I hide From thee inside, My heart and soul with thee reside And I have always loved thee The sea I loved has taken The destined time we had to share And thee in thy despair Oh love my love forgive me, Upon the sea I held so dear To you alone I swear:      *Weep not for me o' mistress,      Ever my first love was the sea      But my heart belonged to thee*
Continue reading...
84
In straps, of wire saplings, Becomes one wild rose. Alone in the dawn, A solitary crow knows That this is beauty, Greater than his own Shiny black robe. Impossibly regal Red as a scarlet wail, A siren, amongst all The greens and yellows Of a meadow, of the entire World, is the rose, above those, Especially the bleak, envious Crow, latched to a branch As scaly and gnarled as his soul, Blacker than eternal night, Beside the shining light Of the rightly charmed Wild rose, Alone.              Sorry is the crow— Most of all unmatched, strikingly To long flame of chalk faced moon, Rides in airs, misbegotten, makes Desolate cries, of wounding caws, Self inflicted, so, somehow seems Unalive, tarred, undead as smoke, His fettered, black, unfeathering Eyes.  Not like the blooming spark And flash of the stunning, runner, Unbeaten, indomidible, shocking, Wild rose, unmired by bramble, Wood nor motley thorn of bush, A star of life, razor cut, blistering, Free, this spirited, ****** heart, Set, a rage, on jagged leaf. In tangled straps of green wire saplings, A Rose is even more a rose, next to crow.
0
Mar 30, 2015
Mar 30, 2015 at 5:19 PM UTC
Rose Alone with Crow
Knocking on my door: Charlie Calgary is here! His clothes in tatters, upper lip bleeding. With tenderness my mother welcomes him. He looks at me knowingly, pretending to tear. Trickery! Always bluffing till they bring Something free. He's among the youngest crooks. She gives him dinner and one of my toys. "Count your blessings", she counsels me. I frown, flip Charlie the bird, get sent to my room. This is the same game he often employs. Later on, mother's in her evening gown, Charlie's gone. I sweep the porch with a broom. The day finishes. It's dark. Quite quickly the starlight shows --- walking off carelessly, save knowledge of wounding and cruel, fleeting thought --- that sadistic boy Charlie Calgary, whom my misled, well-meaning mother gave stuffed-chicken dinners, new toys that she'd bought.
0
Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013 at 2:06 AM UTC
That Sadistic Boy Charlie Calgary
This little vault, this narrow room, Of Love and Beauty is the tomb; The dawning beam, that ‘gan to clear Our clouded sky, lies darken’d here, For ever set to us: by Death Sent to enflame the World Beneath. ’Twas but a bud, yet did contain More sweetness than shall spring again; A budding Star, that might have grown Into a Sun when it had blown. This hopeful Beauty did create New life in Love’s declining state; But now his empire ends, and we From fire and wounding darts are free; His brand, his bow, let no man fear: The flames, the arrows, all lie here.
0
2k
Another Epitaph
Depression has made a home in my bones it curls up inside my rib cage wounding itself around my heart This body is a city that used to shine so bright. Gold and silver dust glowed, two elements that usually don't go together blended harmoniously, you could hear a symphony in your ear. It was the core. Now the city is empty, except for the few stragglers that are trying to fix it up to its former glory. It is a lost cause, but they do not yet know that the bones are decaying, withering away. The heart is beating but it's bleeding. Black blood that stains this ugly city. It's all deteriorating. Soon it will be transparent. Then it would be gone
0
Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 9:40 PM UTC
Untitled
. In straps, of wire saplings, Becomes one wild rose. Alone in the dawn, A solitary crow knows That this is beauty, Greater than his own Shiny black robe. Impossibly regal Red as a scarlet wail, A siren, amongst all The greens and yellows Of a meadow, of the entire World, is the rose, above those, Especially the bleak, envious Crow, latched to a branch As scaly and gnarled as his soul, Blacker than eternal night, Beside the shining light Of the rightly charmed Wild rose, Alone.              Sorry is the crow— Most of all unmatched, strikingly To long flame of chalk faced moon, Rides in airs, misbegotten, makes Desolate cries, of wounding caws, Self inflicted, so, somehow seems Unalive, tarred, undead as smoke, His fettered, black, unfeathering Eyes.  Not like the blooming spark And flash of the stunning, runner, Unbeaten, indomidible, shocking, Wild rose, unmired by bramble, Wood nor motley thorn of bush, A star of life, razor cut, blistering, Free, this spirited, ****** heart, Set, a rage, on jagged leaf. In tangled straps of green wire saplings, A Rose is even more a rose, next to crow.
0
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017 at 5:18 PM UTC
Rose Alone with Crow