In-Sense
I list, hammer in hand pummeled
by the winds blown on the shores
of convergence, the stench of rancid
wretched refuse rotting burns my eyes -
gusts gale across rivers, hatred unburied
sends swollen bodies gangrened and
grinning tumbling from this desperate
dump of demonism - and I hesitate for
but a nanosecond - until I stand -straight
and swing - hard - the crack of my own
forehead satisfying as optical nerve
hemorrhages and finally, finally -
once more all turns rosy again -
as I stand on the sun fingered
shore and protect in the only
way I see possible - my vision
as into the epic frame of future
I bloodied hammer in hand fall -
before it is too late to
choose
Oh dear, that is visceral... wonderfully witten.
ReplyDeleteWhat a an unexpected cruel treatment you gave yourself here, luckily I see they are your response to the wordle words and nothing too serious to worry about!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow. This is excellent! I love these:
ReplyDelete"pummeled
by the winds blown on the shores
of convergence, the stench of rancid
wretched refuse rotting burns my eyes"
"the crack of my own
forehead satisfying"
~Shawna
What a terrible world we live in... I really hope we can find our way back to something where we have made hate obsolete
ReplyDeleteThis is such a timely poem, Pearl! "Desperate dump of demonism" indeed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sense-sational poem. I cannot tell if you are protecting yourself and your home from a hurricane or it you are protecting yourself from the cruelties of weather. Either way, this is a memorable poem and reads better the more I read it
ReplyDelete" the crack of my own
ReplyDeleteforehead satisfying as optical nerve
hemorrhages and finally, finally -
once more all turns rosy again - "
Perhaps choices are not going to be that impossible. I think of this, though, as I age, what kind of choice I'll end up with. Scary poem of inhuman strength.
Wow!
ReplyDeleteProtecting one's vision into the future seems wise, at this point. Nicely done, Pearl.
ReplyDeleteA sad pronouncement...
ReplyDeleteZQ
Wow! You used these words to excellent advantage, Pearl. The image of the bloodied hammer stays with me.
ReplyDeleteThe sheer madness in this...
ReplyDeleteWow, such strong-minded decisiveness and courage!
ReplyDeleteThe alliterations work wonder here. "desperate / dump of demonism" is my favorite of them & timely.
ReplyDeleteVery effective use of alliteration to hammer home the dreadful images and the desperate escape measures.
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