Habits

 

I keep breathing fire

Through my corrupted lungs.

Participant of this myopic choir

That seemed so harmless once.

 

I keep swimming incessantly

In this philosophical ocean.

Never grasping its astucious density,

Yet ready to believe in the power of this potion.

 

I keep weeping deep down in my soul

But like a fire in the sun, tears are useless.

 Unnecessary and small,

Yet I keep accepting their sepulchral caress.

 

I keep believing that in this episode

Every clock will wait for me.

And while my bones grow cold

Got tangled in life’s anodynic filigree.

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Maybe poems are little islands in the 'philosophical ocean', points of refuge.

[Ana B.]

it's a good thing that philosophy opens up and lets any idea submerge in its ocean.

[aLittlePain]

Exceptional poetry! your flavor is accented with masterful word use. Clever crafting that made me take stock of my own situation I am quite the incessant swimmer in a pool of yesterdays...habits, indeed! I enjoyed this immensely. Regards Ray

[Ana B.]

Thank you for the kind review, Ray :)

[Davidgeo]

"Participant of this myopic choir
That seemed so harmless once."
That made me chuckle, bad luck... you can't even see what's going to kill you. That idea is sadly funny to me. They don't make glasses for that type of thing I don't think.

"Swimming incessantly" and the rest of that stanza is a damn fine mixture of the physical and mental motions that play out as we live out our time. Maybe that didn't make sense, I got high and have been thinking about time as a substance in a weird way. Swimming through time or something like that... My cat has very soft fur and doesn't really have a problem with water as long as it's relatively warm.

[Ana B.]

hahaha, i should try being high sometime. curious if my thinking process would encounter something new. Thanks, Batman Fantasy Camp? that's the terminus station after the kung fu fury i guess. my cat's fur is soft too, and he's good at curing my headaches, yeah my cat is badass.

[Davidgeo]

Cats are always bad a*s,

[Giulia King]

"I keep weeping deep down in my soul
But like a fire in the sun, tears are useless." Love it!

[Ana B.]

Thanks Gullia :)

[mercy party]

you developed a loud cry through these decorative words. When we are wired to do great and dangerous things and we settle for comfort it can be damaging. This poem made me feel stuck. You have a true calling and that is to be a remarkable artist. Do that!

[Ana B.]

haha, Thank you for this, MP :-)

[Coyote Poetry]

Dear Ana. A amazing poem my friend.
"I keep weeping deep down in my soul
But like a fire in the sun, tears are useless.
Unnecessary and small,
Yet I keep accepting their sepulchral caress."
I loved the above lines. Powerful words create places and visions. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Ana B.]

Thank you for stopping by John :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure dear Ana and you are welcome.

[Michael S]

Very well worded and beautifully written
:-)
I keep weeping deep down in my soul, But like a fire in the sun, tears are useless: these two lines are brilliantly written.
Great!

[Ana B.]

Thank you Michael :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love the word usage here.especially the sepulchral line...wow..tears are really useless if we keep doing the same things to ourselves over and over and over again---we are like spitting in the wind..

j.

[Ana B.]

Looks like it takes way more than one lifetime to figure it out...
Thank you Jacob.

[Tony Jordan]

When I saw the title my first instinct was habit=nun (is there a spiritual dimension), then habits=resolutions and the not so New year flying by.
The beginning of 2017 seems like yesterday and with over one twelth of the year gone already I guess we can feel like a sabre-tooth in a tar pit - being slowly consumed by the everyday.
How can we avoid sharks when the sea itself is a (wo)man eater?
Ignorance could be a state of bliss but some minds aren't built for ignorance and they have to swim on, with the knowledge we could all be swimming in circles trying to find our way...

Eloquent with a deep sense of lost, Ana.
Well penned my friend.
:)

[Ana B.]

Couldn't agree more my friend. Some minds aren't built for ignorance. Love this sentence!
thank you for pausing in my lil world :)