Wasteland

Perched on its skeletal, dry branch of death,

A malevolent vulture spies hungrily my insecurities.

Lost in the eternal wasteland, I crawl in burning sand,

An unconscious breeze, a flood of thirst and my starved enemy.

Once a searing desperation to survive, is now surrender,

My final parched hope withers to the threat of a scavanger.

Feathery rags of blackness circle in a cloudless, white hot sky,

I struggle onto my back, and face death as it moves to land.

The almost blinding glare of the sadistic sun is suddenly in shadow,

As a bone breaking beak to bloody fear intesifies the weakness.

A mean yellow glare to lifeless blue, and a smile of horror,

A hand, the vultures, reaching out to continue it's profession.

On my shoulder it lands, I hear "Sam, Sam... are you alright?"

Neglected, blackened tongue crumbled to dust....

I can't speak out...

But instantly I'm awake as the kind doctor feeds on my decay,

Razor sharp reason, a surgeon for my twisted mind.

 

 

Author's Note

Oxymorons for the win! lol

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is such excellent allegory...

and it seems these days hospitals are where we go to get sick...those vultures must all be hanging out on the roof. First line it should be "its"---but overall, great wordplay, symbolism...
your writing is quite smart.
j.

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks for the review,I appreciate the read :) and lol damn, first posted this in 2012 and been over it a few times but never noticed the "it's" lol. Been away from this site for years but I plan on posting again, I need to tbh since last time I was here it was a bad day and deleted all my work apart from this one

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

Wow, love the wordplay used here bro :)

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks :) I appreciate it, the whole thing's an anology for me bein in a doctors office talkin about anxiety

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

Np. I can definitely relate to this piece. It reminds me of a few counselling sessions I had a few years back. Thanks for sharing :)

[Sam Gregory]

Np :)

[Rob Santana]

DAMN! This is an awesome insane write! Your choice of words are very clever and well thought out. One helluva write. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks! I appreciate u readin it :)

[Anubis]

Wow, your style is great.
Really like the imagery, brings to mind some surreal horror. Nice :)

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks :) I appreciate the review. I'll review some of urs soon, been really busy with my music tbh

[The Watcher]

Wow, this is intense and I can easily visualize it all too. Great write Sam! Kudos.

100/100

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks, much appreciated. I'll get back ton reviewing soon I promise, been away from home doin musicy stuff and bein on holiday

[Sam Gregory]

*to

[The Watcher]

It's cool dude.

[ewest1220]

Man your description is just fantastic in this piece. It's dark, mildly twisted and full of a very brutal honesty. Great job!

[Sam Gregory]

Thank you :)

[Dean Kuch®]

A cruel kindness is portrayed by you in this piece. Your fleshed out verses conjure up visions of living death and skeletal grins, and you catapult us on a journey through the wastelands of a doctors office waiting room, making haste slowly to deliver us to the surgeons blade...Nice! And plenty oxymorons in the review for ya' too! ;)

[Sam Gregory]

haha thanks, am glad u liked it

[Fréyjä Helv..]

It has a good sound to it. A few grammatical errors and spelling corrections might do the trick... A pretty dark thought. A good read as well...

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks, I'm glad u enjoyed the read. Gramatical errors?

[Olivia Marie]

This was excellent!! I loved the language. It was beautiful!

[Sam Gregory]

Thanks :) I'm glad u enjoyed it

[Cole Hayley]

Oxymorons for the win is right, a great piece once again.

[Sam Gregory]

hahaha lol thanks, I appreciate ur review