the ashes of the undertow disperse
leaving us feeling futile
agnostic reintroduction
to the divine
caring for the lost
we strive to fill the loss
with cherries and hand grenades
I blame you no matter the cost
insouciant male pedigrees
dilapidate our once treasured
stories of peace and pieces
there was a forest
now no more
only scenic noir
fostered by hell’s children
advent the process
of elimination
and strangle my foothold
with your bony fingers
the touch of squirming eels
incarcerate the canon of dust
fall further into the frontier
of nothings and distaste
my Shadow looms above
my soul in someone’s soup
and all of these intangible
paradigms are strewn
on the trees as if
they were Christmas lights
my bucket list is full
of bullshit and lamentation
my heroes have all fallen
to the backchecking of heroin
I’m asking for the chronic
and getting the nostalgic
tighten up the noose
hoping for another savage lynching
the icecaps are melting
and I have nothing left to wear
on my head
crowns of thorn are cheap
in this town
but if I had a dime
it would be gone in no time
but not spent on a painful
diadem
I have enough suffering
of my own
we pilfer what love
we can when we are able
we lose it faster than we
can make it
fake and spit
corpulence is lit
aperture splitting
open across my face
and I vomit these things
that have been fighting
their way out for days
Take the mean
forsake the meaning
our past is not coming back
and we will fall again
so please see
I have to think
there will never be a cure
for one like me
my madness is a virtue.
WOW! honestly, this is raw
Insouciant male pedigrees. – one of the best lines. It’s all just brilliant.
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thanks Daisy!
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Beautiful poetry! I love the way this poem flows. “Our past is not coming back and we will fall again” So tragic and beautiful.
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thank you!
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I feel this one intensely… especially the last few lines, right on!
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Thank you 🙏
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The language in this so captivated me that I read much of it out loud. You are fucking amazing
“we strive to fill the loss/with cherries and hand grenades
“my soul in someone’s soup/and all of these intangible/paradigms are strewn/on the trees as if/they were Christmas lights”
“the icecaps are melting/and I have nothing left to wear”
“my bucket list is full/of bullshit and lamentation/my heroes have all fallento the backchecking of heroin”
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Thank you dear friend
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Reblogged this on Sudden Denouement Literary Collective and commented:
OldePunk/RamJet Poetry
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Reblogged this on Kindra M. Austin.
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Thanks K!
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Most welcome! ❤
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So intense! I relate to
“I have to think
there will never be a cure
for one like me”
And I hope
“my madness is a virtue”
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Thank you Aurora 🙏
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You are very welcome
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Breathtakingly beautiful and intense. Loved it! 👌🏾
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Thank you very much 🙏
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Everything is amazing!Simply brilliant.
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Oh thank you very much! I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment 🙏
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Sure.
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Long live the madness of poets. We have the true sight.
This is fantastic!
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Thanks Eric, I really appreciate it!🙏❤
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A stunning piece. Intense. 💞
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thank you very much!
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I sensed a deep depression within your work. This is wonderfully good and the flow of your poem emotionally, and spiritually, does capture the struggle us humans fight within and outside. Magnificent write, my friend. 🙂
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Thanks so much Charlie 🙏
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Your welcome, my friend. I feel the poem and you my friend nailed it! 🙂
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I can’t tell you how much your support means to me. Bless you my friend
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Bless you too my friend. 🙂
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every time I read this I fall in love with new lines
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Thank you ⛅
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