It Was Just Beyond my Fingers

It Was Just Beyond my Fingers

A Poem by KL

Eternally feeling you on the fleshy patterns on my fingertips,
an epochal sensation stemming millennia - only on human skin.

Not necessarily a physical nebula, but a knowledge in knowing
that your ferocious fire hangs off a starchain like a portrait.

Personal paralysis, blissfully bound to the bounds of bliss,
eyes unable to open but seeing everything anyways.

Obstinately oblivious to the flies crawling in and out of my mouth,
corpus consumed in my love of hell and divine devil spawn.

I, the human skin, forever feeling. Even though you literally live
over ten million miles above, han
ging overhead like a stalactite

waiting to fall. Unlike a calcite deposit, however, you would estinguish
the world with a whisper in a universe no longer listening.

So here I sit, fabricated, body and mind moving consistently
forward in an orbit that I played no role in creating. Yet still.

Yet still I can feel your beaut
iful breath on my fingertips, the
flies on my face, and everything e
nsnared in your onslaught of colour.

© 2010 KL


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Liked the aliteration in this - very effective. I found the first and third stanzas very powerful. A really amazing and engaging piece.

Posted 14 Years Ago


Wonderful work of art! I absolutely enjoyed reading this! :)

Posted 14 Years Ago


Beautiful piece... I love the spontaneous alliteration towards the beginning.
Beautiful imagery as well.
Powerful end.

Great write.

-Coral-

Posted 14 Years Ago


wow awesome poem!

Posted 14 Years Ago


Beautiful poem. It was amazing!

Posted 14 Years Ago


Amazing, my favorite lines are...
"Personal paralysis, blissfully bound to the bounds of bliss,
eyes unable to open but seeing everything anyways."

I love how the lines are kinda like the opposites of each other.

Posted 14 Years Ago


This was amazing. I love your poems. It seems like you don't even have to try.

Posted 14 Years Ago


I liked reading this. it was good and well written

Posted 14 Years Ago


Your poetry always a pleasure to read. The language in your poetry made it necessary to read a few times. This poem is so beautiful. So many statements stood out. Complete poem is very good. I like the positive ending. A outstanding poem.
Coyote

Posted 14 Years Ago


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laced with sinister almost sexual metaphor ...beautiful imagery..well penned

Posted 14 Years Ago



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Added on January 3, 2010
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KL
KL

Vancouver, Canada



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