Ironic Fate

Wearing bloody sleeves
Then and now I don't want this
To enjoy my bath

And Satan laughs now
There are no promises kept
Were they ever mine

Heart pulpatating
Still exposed for you to see
Tears of blood I shed

To trust another
The one reason this began
Not to be lonely

Scraped, battered and bruised
I will make you understand
Unintentional

I did not want this
And now, The One has my heart
Tainted remnants left

Can he repair it
Shall I repair his own heart
Will he allow me

Still I wash this blood
And hold on to hope for love
Walking with the dead

Unconditional
Love inviting only you
Now you're forbidden

And I'm left standing
In the mirror you can see
But am I alive

Or do you not know
As you stare into my eyes
And smile so wryly

Author's Note

Have been playing around with Senryu recently. I love Haiku, yet wanted to dabble with her counterpart. Tried at a twist on this one, by use of it's definition.

Reviews

[Tony]

I know nothing of poetry types and so forth, but I am an expert on the exquisite misery that is the duality of the Gemini personality.
Oh, I love and I hate and I cannot shut up about it.
This is a Great Poem. I would call it a neatly aligned proclamation of confusion.

[serpent]

another exceptionally well woven piece of dark poetry. you not only have a wonderful way with your words but the imagery you put into your writes takes it to a different level altogether...
loved the way you have narrated the story love that's now unattainable....however the dim presence of rays of hope bring that much exquisite shade of light to this piece...
exceptionally well written!

[SM Davis]

Exceptionally done. Mechanically and figuratively.

[Jonathan De Elvira]

no words...
*thumbs up*

[Dream Weaver]

Eerily haunting, a bizarre love
gone astray. I think I like it…

Sounds like sucky kismet. ;) Nice use of the WOTD without actually using it.

[David W Moore III]

Very enigmatic. A little disjointed. But I think that's just the extended senru form. Interesting definitely.

[Michael X]

wow, seducing and tantalyzingly dark, mysteriously vampiric,
holds all the elements of a captivation set to moonlight and rigid
beckoning of the darkest side. an ode to shy away. you have
a brilliant way with wording, loved this.