I am drawn to writing about the inspiring entities of Life, the world and myself, not only through my own creativity, but through interpretations of others' energy and passions.
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
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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
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