Not of this world

 

 

"Are your arms strong enough to comfort me

Or your lips lush enough to feed me

Are your eyes deep enough to quench me

Or your voice enticing enough to drive the demons away

and shame the angels into submission"

Can you begin to understand the artists' mind?

The man that would remove an ear

write his words in his own blood

or swallow poison

An impossible breed

Impossible to understand

Impossible to help

Impossible to love

Aliens here

With unwritten ever changing rules

and hearts that begin in the pits of their souls

Their words are strange, mad ramblings

Oh!  to have someone really hear, to really see and feel,

to truly understand.

Though they may find love

They are always alone

Can you understand reading a heart

like a book

Hearing music complete and whole

and not being able to speak it except through

crude instruments

Seeing through the eye of a needle

the myriad spectrums of the world 

A thousand universes

a million worlds

trillions upon trillions of souls swirling

in one mind

all with a story to tell

Seeing so much, but never 

comfortable in their own skin

Seeing a stranger looking back at you in the mirror 

Strangers even to others of the same breed. 

For though they know their own 

Every insanity is as varied

as the swirls on their fingerprints

They only remind each other of just how strange

and different they are 

Inexplicable anomalies 

Forever lost

Forever alone

Dancing

on the outskirts

of humanity

forever. 

"Are your arms strong enough to comfort me

or your lips lush enough to feed me

Are your eyes deep enough to quench me

or your voice enticing enough to drive the demons away

and shame the angels into submission"

Can you begin to understand the artists' mind?

Reviews

[Jillian Alexis]

This poem is very deep and intense, and beautifully penned. Thank you for posting it...Hugz...Jillian

[Spoken]

wow... this is a powerful statement of the artists mind.. and so true are your words. I can feel every word here. This sinks into me.

"Are your arms strong enough to comfort me
or your lips lush enough to feed me
Are your eyes deep enough to quench me
or your voice enticing enough to drive the demons away
and shame the angels into submission"

To touch a deep mind one must reach deep. Excellent write Raven

[Nameless]

wow, so beautifully expressed. i love the line "are your eyes deep enough to quench me" takes a cliched line from a totally different angle and makes it really cool. your lack of punctuation is refreshing. i'm not sure, but this poem might benefit from being cut down a little, made a little denser and shorter, but either way it''s really well written