INNER BRAILLE

And the pins prick
I am timid in my bed of nails
her fingers tender to the touch
tracing, she reads my inner braille
I am blind to a world of love...

I am in darkness
her heart illumined
I struggle in her bouts of love
I always the unwilling groom
 

withdrawn as the moon....

my love, her empty room of
joyless and bitter tomorrows

her heart I have borrowed

filling her days with pain and sorrow,
emotions to scrape and pillage
she, willingly on her knees
but I am only a mere man in his image

 

men have no mercy

 

Author's Note

I was on the idea of man and his destruction of all things beautiful, love, life and at times happiness.

Reviews

[Tate Morgan]

my love, her empty room of
joyless and bitter tomorrows
This is the best poem I have read in quite a while you do yourself great honor here .Truth from the mirror

[Kenneth The Poet]

This is cool. One of your best, Rene.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

You've tapped into emotions that expose the dark underbelly of being a man.
Recognizing the consequences of such behavior from the point of view of the victim(s) seems to be the secret to overcoming it. Anyways...I think it shows a lot of character to be able to look beyond your own wants/needs and take a view of the bigger picture. This poem gives a much needed push towards the evolution of our society.

[Christina May Shanaberg]

Wow, simply wow! I don't pass around too many wows, but WOW!

I don't have a whole lot of respect for men, lately, and for you to bash them with this poem is unimaginable.

You seemed to be writing from a women's point of view about a callous and unfeeling man. Which I feel it's spectacular and exciting for a man to write this way!

I find this an amazing write and can, only, remark, "WOW!"

[Chris]

Rene` - very, very well done. A definite kudo and you KNOW how many of those I give,

[Muse]

What a humble image you paint with your brush. Inner brail?

She must have touched your soul.....

[Jeremy Baker]

Few can make melancholy as beautifully as this. Art and truth always complement the other, and this poem is simply breathtaking. Wonderful.

[LadyCardiac]

wow...she reads my inner braille... Her heart I borrow and fill with sorrow. This whole piece just speaks volumes. Its just marvelous what you can do with a pen.

[Cassie Fraga]

mmmm... such a touching piece of self destruction... yes sometimes we sabotage ourself in things that we convince we dont deserve. very well written!!

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Sad write, yet so well written, love the bits of rhyming. Really nice.