Powerless

Yes, meanings are more than the words that are chosen...

This life seems such a fruitless endeavor,

Fallow harvest the only bounty garnered

Spoiled, rotten and decay waist deep

Death birthed on budding spring tree

Blackened blossoms filling the winds

As the reaper stands in wait for me

The false pretense with my choice chances

Sacrifice only leads to wounding myself

Letting go of that which holds me together

Dragging my feet along to upbeat song

A slow waltz to my inexorable demise

Take my hand and I'll show you the vortex

This free-fall from the orbit's darkest edge

Heated reentry fails to devour my anatomy

Tears only provide sting to my heart and soul

Plumeting from statosphere of thick sorrows

Inevibility of ending face-first upon the earth

Destined to fail even this lofty self-destruction

Digging my own grave with my dirty hands

Hand over fist, dirt under nails, muddy knees

Only regret is for not starting up this sooner

Taking care for the creature comforts present

Laughing along with my own high noon shadow

As ground below me open in loving embrace

Not a drop of energy surges through my home

Darkness the only blanket I cover myself with

Pack of vultures the silence that bite and sting

Cacaphomy of heartbeats deafening and drowing

Good intentions just poured over my catacomb

As I rest my laurels on points I know will fail

The pyre burning of dead kings that I desire

Reflection of fire in my eyes a patterned dream

To bathe in the ash of the world set ablaze

Somewhere between the literal and the figurative

Chaos the only lover that has never truly left me

Lying to myself as I lie down with my own mistakes

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"Somewhere between the literal and the figurative
Chaos the only lover that has never truly left me
Lying to myself as I lie down with my own mistakes"

We all make mistakes. It is a travesty if we let them define us in the negative. We should learn some lessons and pattern new dreams in the literal and figurative. Bravo...................

[Wynter Ignatius]

My favorite part of this piece too - my endings are my strong point when even I can see it.

[Sami Khalil]

Yep. You are welcome...:)......................