Baking A Cake

Cloud full of poison 

Acid rain burns my skin 

Peels away the dermis layer 

Seeping out the blood within 

Dark and beautiful 

Like an iron wine 

Take a sip 

Watch it drip 

Drip, drip 

Till there's nothing left 

Empty 

A hollow shell 

Powered by the darkness 

In this unforgettable hell 

Burn me on the fires 

Watch the skin melt 

Touch the familiar 

Make sure its felt 

Memories flood back 

Inside the brain 

Attack 

Permanently marked for all to see

My damaged fragile body 

As dead as dead can be 

No blood, no skin, no bone 

Paraded around in a room

With no home 

Hung from the battered ceiling 

Noose cut and strangled 

Dreaming 

Canvas you have used 

To show me off 

Your prized possession 

Death in a slipknot 

Show my pain 

Show it 

Before your conscience blows it 

Gashes formed from the 

Scarlet openings 

Incisions from the knife 

Gave a river that helped 

To rest your mind 

White scars left from 

Blazing blades 

Forced upon my brittle skin 

You've made the batter 

Now the cake can begin

Reviews

[R J Askew]

I just woke from a two hour doze .. read your bake-a-cake .. refreshing read because it is viscerally vigorous. Think I'm awake now. Esp like the last few lines.

[Rene Salinas]

Emptyness and vacuity of the marial yet not inhabited, as when it rain it pours through sensations that unravel through our being. Emotinally and phisycally drained at risk of numbness. This as much as your creation so here be resnponsible! And as you are that kind bake the cake and eat it. Kate powerful words I assume within the context of a relationship and well he/she not being the best of influences I assume. The writing has great delivery and certainly loads of intention I think it was clear within the parameters of the writing. If you don't mind my questioning, I wonder if a different kind of rhyme would embrcae the frustration and anger contained in the writing as it is right now I kinda enjoyed the tone! Not much of a teeling of.

Intimate.

Thankyou

[Kate Henderson]

Hey! Thank you so much for your kind review, I'm glad you liked it :)

[Salem]

your choose of words is amazing , absolute wonderful poem , thanx for sharing

[Kate Henderson]

Hey! Thank you very much for your kind review, I really appreciate it:)

[Salem]

you are welcome