WakeA Poem by Phillip J Claytonlungs begin to burn, asleep through my own eulogy. Soothing stink of death - Insidious demon Oh holy day - your time has come and passed, Relief comes at last - voiceless and wasted. Tainted life - words are hollow, jaded screams of the wounded, A welcoming - if only they were angels. Drunk with gasoline - Watch me burn, Only pain. An offering - no cry for comfort, gorged with envy - the blood of the dead in my wake. Smell of melting flesh - life dissolved into smoke, Altars stained with dogs. House of the deceased - or the dead harks back.... The corpse lacks respect, no reverence, lacking virtue - I am sleepless. death: Flesh of my flesh, corpse for corpse, in a grave before death - curses thrown at you. © 2011 Phillip J Clayton |
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Added on May 6, 2011 Last Updated on May 6, 2011 AuthorPhillip J ClaytonJamaicaAboutIn the professional space, I am almost a diety... I say that with the greatest of humility. In my personal life I am frail and a primitive man... Self-actualization is not all it's cracked up to be. .. more..Writing
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