The Resurrectionist's Folly

A poem inspired by personal events... compelled to find a means to grow and move forward, not backward in life.

The Resurrectionist's Folly

Shovel digs into the earth's skin

Uncovering a casket buried within

A marked tombstone, labels a dark mystery

"Shhh, what are you doing? Unburying history?" 

Said a whisper

Glancing into a nearby puddle of water

A reflection speaks up at you

Emotions swell within, a fire's fodder

Guilt makes entrance as if on cue

In the darkness

This heinous act has been done before

Opening this coffin, left at death's door

It not permitted to finally be laid to rest

Have to move on, that would have been best

Gently nudging you

Bold letters engraved in headstone

"Here lies your past, and all your woes"

Such things should have been left alone

Rotting flesh, maggots, a stench that grows

To find life

Let your corpse be a lesson learned

A chance to truly move on, yearned

That which enslaves, and is toxic must die

To keep repeating this visit, the soul will dry

While growing old

Reviews

[likesgreeneggsandham]

I really enjoyed this. To keep dredging up the past is to be engrossed in the macabre moments of our own existence. However, in order to write, and try and write well, don't we need to keep digging up the buried bits of ourselves?

[Carthage Thorne| The Wildcard]

Fair point made, really appreciate your thought behind the review. I would agree that reflecting deep into one's inner self is what aids in producing meaningful content.

[likesgreeneggsandham]

I loved the macabre tone of this piece. Honestly a genuinely sound write. We are caught in a catch-22 as writers as we're told to 'write what we know'. Well what do we know better than ourselves...

[NotUsinganymore]

Very beautiful and morbid description. I enjoyed it a lot and liked the meaning of the poem.

[Carthage Thorne| The Wildcard]

Thank you! This poem was definitely one of my darker ones, but the goal of it was to jab into revealing an issue that I feel many people face... also portray the struggle that takes place and what often needs to happen for change.

[NotUsinganymore]

Interesting. I liked it a lot.

[Lorry]

Sound advice that I like so many more completely disregard it, as that itch of past ghosts is practically impossible to scrath. So we dig it up once more and the horror replays, but not for the last time.
I dont know what it is that finally allows us to move on, but I am forever grateful for stumbling on it and finding myself almost weightless in comparison to lugging all that history around. If I ever figure out what it was, i'll let you know, just as soon as I patent it :)

[Carthage Thorne| The Wildcard]

Honestly I'm not sure that there is an "official" way. I feel that just as humans are each expressively unique to their own design, character, and person as a whole... to each their own a way they "stumble" upon finding that freedom that allows each individual to move forward in life from having visited their old-past life, finally able to let go and move on to grasp their new and hopefully fuller life.
Thanks for stopping by Lorry, and for your review which was quite thoughtful. I look forward myself to reading more of your well written pieces. : )