The Unwanted

 

The Unwanted-

 

 

She could not,

And would not take notice of her surroundings.

She sadly, and wetly sought out the strangeness,

Of the surrounding black night,

Placing her fingers to a lit candle,

But never touching the fire,

Thinking on the many events,

That she had missed in her lifetime-

Such a young life.

 

The lady walking down the street went,

Into a shop and turned a light on,

‘little swot!’ she cried out loudly,

Causing the child to shield her ears,

Against the foe within that place-

And she wandered on,

Still being chased by demons,

Reaching out to touch the flame-

Once again,

Which she had needed in the darkened fold,

Of night,

Yet,

She couldn’t define what it was,

Even though she saw the light.

Her face was clouded by the trials,

Of a natural rain that doused her pink cheeks,

Hair dashing around her features-

In the wind,

And,

She thought that it was pure strangeness,

That the flame was in front of her-

It might be dangerous,

Yet, she had never seen such light before . . .

The demons continued to grace, and prance about her in the dark,

But still the events of her past life,

Stoically followed her,

The woman’s voice grew louder-

The further she walked,

And the unwanted child,

Knew not which was more truthful to her . . .

The tears that slipped out,

Or the furious storm . . .

She was unwanted,

But the rain,

she would always feel a bond with.

Reviews

[Androglossia]

This poem reminds me of the classic tale Little Match Girl. It's my all-time favorite so I couldn't help with the association:) The poem suggests two qualities; malice and tolerance. Malice or of being morally wrong in principle or practice and tolerance such as the capacity to endure hardship or pain. Tolerance is good for mankind until he will learn to fully embrace the act and turn tolerance to acceptance. Acceptance to the quality of life or state of being. With acceptance comes the loss of self-respect. I know I was talking about life beyond this poetry but I can sense these qualities on here. To wander back to the poem itself, it offers a lot of important lessons in life. This a very sophisticated write:)

[Foxemerald]

Thank you for your thoughts. The introspective viewpoint is one that offers me another way in which to view this poem, and I would also contemplate, upon reading it, whether or not I fully considered all of the implications that I wrote within it. The idea of acceptance to the human fold as a loss of our true selves, our identities, and giving up the struggle, is now so much more clear. We can endure and be proud of the challenges that we might face, but we can never merely accept, because there is no zest it seems, upon our approval. So much giving up hope . . . a very engaging review. And precise, too =) I was in fact thinking of the Little Match Girl, so I'm glad that it's one of your favorites.