Eyes of Onyx; Mouth of Maggots.

Leeches and foxglove wrapped around the ribs of a faun 

An acidic cell of gluttonous moths 

with fertile eggs 

And fragile wings

 Plastered to a 

 Tainted tongue 

Parasites

 Like loneliness

 Leave you with a mouthful of 

Maggots

Author's Note

I haven't been able to write for awhile but last night the words started to pour out while I was half asleep. Tell me what you think? Thanks. :)

Reviews

[redzone]

Loneliness is a parasite, eating you from the inside... and those maggots never stop talking, telling you that you are nothing.. all lies... the only things I see in your mouth are words, more words arranged as poetry... pretty nice I would think.... ~~redzone

[TL Boehm]

gritty and graphic and real - a wrench in the gut and that is what loneliness is. Well penned.

[Simon Welsh]

Brutal. Love it! Get some more written!

[A. Amos]

If you have written this in half a sleep...looking forward to read the one you will craft fully awaked!

[Tom]

Yes indeed, the human psyche is not designed to be continually alone and when permanently starved of social interaction, all kind of ugly machinations begin to fill the void!

A fine piece of poetry, the imagery created is darkly atmospheric and metaphorically marvellous, splendid indeed!

[Trevor Bergshoeff]

I really like this poem. But I can't put my finger on as to why, exactly.. lol. The imagery is vivid, and the sounds work well together, e.g. 'an acidic cell of gluttonous moths'; the whole thing just rolls of your tongue, and leaves you with an intuitive understanding of what it is you're saying. Good work :)

[Inda]

Well, that is just fantastic! For a second I felt like crap, but that's just the feeling being commiunicated here. There's a feeling of guilt here, like maybe someone spoke too soon etc. love it!

[Karen]

I really like this poem. I like that despite its "disgusting" imagery, there is so much that is said in this poem, such powerful words.

[SkinlessFrank]

the strategy of so many parasites is to come off as sweet and beguiling...nice work

[Harmartia Poe]

I love that you relate parasites to loneliness. I have a wonderful (yet gross) image of leeches and maggots grasping onto a tongue, almost guarding from social interaction.

I feel you on the writers block, but just keep writing, even grocery lists, every day. It helps so much :) But I'm very glad you were able to produce this poem :)