pain

I can only ponder how many other people

in this tangled ball of wires, pictures, words,

meat and bones

feel this deeper pain.

 

at night, the frigid purples and blues

of the bruised sky seep into the skin

of my hobo heart

 

like the sharp constant aches of a busted world

wedged beneath finger nails,

jammed between teeth,

sprinkled into open eyes.

 

when all passersby seem to have

their tombstones tied to their heads,

when every window in the metro area

is another face crying out for anything real,

when even preachers and counselors

speak like corroded shotguns

and oozy flesh wounds,

 

that’s when you’re sunk

in that tarry black sludge.

 

upon breaking the skinned surface,

like being born into a new Hell,

don’t shrivel like a shrimp with Polio,

don’t sob breathy nothings

into the bleeding ears that grow

on drab walls,

don’t drown it in fermented rot,

or shoot it down with a sniper needle,

 

just grab your pen,

and feed that rotten poison back

to the diseased horde

who coughed it up

at the grizzly genesis

of this manmade Darkness.

feed it back to the yawning void

before it curdles

in the hollows of your veins;

before it floods the deepest valleys

of your wild soul.

 

before you are assimilated

into the ragged mass of Empty

that sits, undigested,

in the bloated bellies of imps

and taxmen.

Reviews

[WhiteWillow]

Get rid of your own hate, your own pain, beofre it consumes you and leaves you with nothing but a hollow shell. Beautifully expressed.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Well constructed indeed, it leaves the point of frality within timed excellence, well done, good read.

[Divinity Sleeps in This]

Your emotional range is quite considerable, the ocean inspired many romantics I imagine.

I found this piece, particularily well constructed.

[Chris]

Ever think of calling this one ..."The Borg"?

[Mark D]

Tim, this is fantastic. Has all the quality of a structured poem and a chaotic rant! Real energy and wisdom to be found in this piece. Loved it

[Emily B]

i have no words, you said it all