Russian

Cold inside slow the heart beats

Body shivers, shaking a jacket of skin

And the heart beats slowly within

 

And it’s not the weather

It’s not that cold

And it’s not me, getting old

 

 My fingers crawling

All I think is roulette

Vodka and a cigarette

 

Can’t reach my gun

Can’t change my mind

I won’t stand down

 

Cracked lips on a leather coat

Red blood runs on the snow

If I’m gone now, who would ever know

 

Bullet made of gold

Lies at my barrel

Last I read “made in Russia”

 

A Kalashnikov ends my suffering

Though my gun is pointed at my head

Bang!! He shoots, spares me a bullet

“Thank you” I said.

 

Author's Note

Russian roulette , Russian Vodka , Russian gun, Russian gold, and Russian Kalashnikov ... Reviews are welcome

Reviews

[trainwreck]

Great job in this piece. The Russian theme was easy to catch and flowed nicely. Again, good job!

[The Winter Grey]

Reminded me a bit of "The Deer Hunter," for obvious reasons... but this was very well written, I could feel the coldness and the desperation portrayed here. Very surreal, and yet totally authentic.

[Bailey B.]

I luv Russia and the way the language sounds(how I wish I could speak it!). Though I'm not a big fan of Russian Roulette however, this poem is still powerful and a nice read!

[Nishant Gupta]

beautifully explained,nice efforts, read mine too " QUEST OF LIFE".

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Never been totally familiar with Russian Roulette. Clever intriging piece, great write!

[Don Shaw]

wow interesting take on this.I like it, paints a good picture of someone who is miserable and see`s no way out.

[WritersSoul]

wow I would need a LOT of research to write about foreign pieces like this, but its very catchy indeed good write

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

A fine clever and intense write, brilliant :)

[A.r. Bazian]

Liked it a lot!
this is better than the last one i read!
its interesting!

strong... and the structure is better! a lot better!

[YouoweYoupay]

New information to add. Nice choice of words. Thanks for sharing.