Soul Surgery

Soul Surgery

A Poem by Mark

There are so many pieces
I'd like to remove.

The ones that ache
like broken glass
embedded so long ago,
now worn at the edges;

but still able to make me
bleed.

There are parts I would remove
surgically, precisely
and tossing them in the salty water
I'd watch to see what ate them.

Would I smile then?
See a bright world
after my clouds are gone?

 I would probably
ignore the beauty,
the pain gone, the ecstasy unbalanced,
I would likely fall away.

Those pieces, that cut and tear
somehow come together;
To help make me a whole.

© 2016 Mark


Author's Note

Mark
I considered dropping the w. I suppose the homophone is enough.

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I like the last 2 stanzas the best. I think the cracks we have are what let the light in.

Posted 8 Years Ago


Awesome work buddy sorry been away for a while. Great poem to come back to. Felt the pain and emotions.

Posted 8 Years Ago


Great read, mate this was really amazing poem - old memories which hurts like broken glass. Nicely, penned :)

Thank for sharing :)

Cheers!!

Posted 8 Years Ago


You have said so much in just a few words. Most would not open themselves up that much. Valentine

Posted 8 Years Ago


Mark

8 Years Ago

Thats me 'mr brutally honest' lol. Thnx for reading.
There are parts I would remove
surgically, precisely
and tossing them in the salty water
I'd watch to see what ate them.

Loved this one, Mark, and it took just enough of a turn into the macabre give it the steeliness that your title might suggest.

Posted 8 Years Ago


I was able to get beautiful visual from this poem. I found it very refreshing even as I am reading it at the brink of sleep :P

Posted 8 Years Ago


I can relate so much to this, Mark. It is beautiful and resigned and clear...it feels like a healing. To make peace with the wounds, and embrace them, helps us to move forward. Without those pieces, perhaps we would not remember the things that caused them and be subject to the pain all over again. Beautifully expressed.

Posted 8 Years Ago


Mark

8 Years Ago

Thank you, I'm very glad you liked it. :)
We all have to undergo this soul surgery
every once in a while
to make the soul kind
and happy

i enjoyed reading it


Posted 8 Years Ago


I think we all would like to toss some of our hurts into the salty water! Well written.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

I agree my friend.
"Those pieces, that cut and tear
somehow come together;
To help make me a whole."
Life is never easy. Must fall down to see the right direction to follow. Thank you Mark for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote


Posted 8 Years Ago



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