Showing posts with label prose poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prose poem. Show all posts

Monday, 11 November 2013

Photosynthesis


(sun, water, air - will cultivate any monstrosity from above)

The Sun shined - the Air stirred - the Rain poured.
You smiled, I smiled, we blossomed: Love.
But the winds of Time blew your petals -
Away from me.
Your coarse hands planted a seed in my soul -
It bobbed, red and swelling in the endless streams of my blood
Reflecting the ethereal memories of your Light,
Like a bulging eye directly through my skin.

Anchored stiffly, deeply in my chest,
It grew sideways - lodged like a stone in my heart.
Watered by the greyest tears from my darkest eyes
It split its skin when limbs appeared
Jolting my Heartstrings -
Jabbing my inner wires -
As it curled round the coils of my brain.

There, that demon took full form -
With prickling petals,
And blades for thorns,
Which cut my choking lungs  
- There my funeral had blossomed -
Shrouded by flowers of death.

My psyche had been usurped
And my soul, corrupted - 
Dictating me to believe 
That you were mine.
That you loved me.
That this cancer deep in my heart was 
Love.

When your soul brushed passed mine
Just the other day
As the Sun was setting -
Suddenly the light turned black;
My raw heart bled;
My weak skull split;
My keen eyes failed;

And my soul lay twisted in the ground
As your roots crawled out -
And the Sun was slowing down
When my broken eyes found you then
I had died inside -
Only to discover that (from the time that the Sun had risen)
I was already dead -


Copyright © JRFB 2013



Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Hope

She would awake every morn
Eyes flashing bright as golden corn,
Hearts pulsing; blood freezing;
Breathing accelerates -
When he passes by:

The One whose skin
Glistens as his smile brightens the Earth,
When darkness slowly pines away
As spells of sun step slowly out
Leaving behind trails of Hope.

The One whose eyes bring life
To starry seeds under pure pools of light.
His soul chases away the night,
And every head turns to see
His exquisite beauty.

Inhaling the sweet scent of youthful love
Reaching for those fine feathery limbs,
Hoping that he might notice her bright face from above
As he passes by.

Light fades - Evening comes -
Still his distant light fails to reach her.

Sorrow fills her heart-stems,
Choking her racing soul.
The light passes her by,
Leaving her barren - her heart left to crack -
Her slender, pale body bends in the blowing breezes
Beating her thin green dress.

Her eyes, now charred, crazed, bleached-black
(From the Sun's hateful glare)
No longer keenly watch her love's movement:
East       to      West -

And the once golden-jasper strands of hair
Which flowed loyally in the fresh air
Now hang limp, rigid, frayed,
Like a knotted noose
Over her slumping shoulders.

Her roots unravel - the green veil falls -
Over her boney stalk – petals with red-tinged tears -
As the Sunflower's journey ends
As the Sun makes his final bed.



(This poem was inspired by Blake's poem 'Ah! Sunflower'.)

Copyright © JRFB 2013