Masochistic Poet

To be a poet
you taste like love
and sorrow crying ink
a dark dying meaning
fading slowly
within

Cause I dream
of a man who has
read my every poem
and hoarded every meaning
deeper into his being

But my love he
devoured my heart
in one s l o w
satisfying gulp

I heard it p l u n g e
into the gaping
emptiness of his
cheating
heart

But I’m just a poet dreaming
of shoving a pen down my throat
and writing these verses inside out

I am no scribe
prophet or spell caster

I know it

My skin knows it

My pen knows it too

Years and years from now
my mind will dwell
on the way your fingers
chain linked between my ribs
and shook my vulnerable insides violently

As you ripped me apart

But to be a writer
is to be a masochist
and I refuse to get off
on the pain anymore



BY Samantha Pruitt

Author's Note

Question is do I love him or the pain he causes

Reviews

[Writer *78*]

To be a poet you have to write about what you know and feel. Suffering and joy are equal parts of the same. I've recently gotten into poetry quite a bit actually I've realized one thing and that is you learn more from sorrow than joy. One cannot exsist without the other. To be a poet you must understand your own emotions so that they are written better. You are one of two writers that I look forward to reading every time i see one of your poems. I'm in awe of you as a writer and the way that you construct your poems. Your one of two poets that I'll read. Not to say that your better than the rest here for I'm sure there are also many good writers on here as well. Sorry for going on like that. Well done

[kublakhan27]

This is a phenomenal piece...I relate to it deeply even though I'm a guy...awesome work.

[Michael Stevens]

Quite the question, quite the excellent poem!