The It's Alright Lullaby For Tragic Poets~

 

 

 

 

 

 

she gently painted
a hole in my torso...
exposed
surprised
my cold
defeated biology
immediately warmed
making room
for her
to climb inside

he pulled me apart
with tentative passion
pinned my stained glass skin
to a point of pain
above his heart
we broke illuminating eucharist
found comfort in the wounds
stitched
paired
tragic
beautiful


©2013AlanpeterKellySeleneSkye

Image©2013SeleneSkye

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

well damn...first of all i like the "he said/she said" of this...love the references to the mass..the eucharistic idea...the passion, the biology...that physical union, and yet the spirituality of two bodes bonding...like Jesus, saying "take my body....take my blood" again, really like the religious references, of course, from my catholic background.

really strong piece,

j.

[Sarah Wilson]

Love this! Emotion filled and paints a picture in your mind. I love how it tango's with love and the pain that comes with letting someone inside!

[alan peter kelly]

Yes...indeed Sarah...I wrote the exactitude and depth of sensation and Selene stunned me with a linguistic knock out blow....her intense intellect is light in a night sky...the sun and moon visible concurrently in daytime...Selene made more a substantial impact on my being than otherwise...my poem "resplendence" says it all. Thank you for your uplifting review. :)

[softlyfall]

Rapture is at times an exquisite pain. Unconditional, transcendent, it is sacred. We break the body, the eucharist, feed it to one another, then share our blood.
This is simply exqisuisite, so good is hurts.

[alan peter kelly]

Thank you @softlyfall....I have been blessed with three profoundly important muses, collaborators, coconspirators, bonded so tightly that readers, except for this particular piece, do not recognise where one begins and the other finishes...so seamless...so very blessed. Much respect. We will communicate again I am certain.

[Emily B]

Oh, wow! What a comeback, i haven't been around as much as i should, trying to do better, i hope you will be here

[alan peter kelly]

Have I told you lately Emily how influential your voice has, is, shall always be on,to,with my creativity? No? Well honey, your voice is, was, shall always be influential in my creative existence...I read you...I hear you...I miss you...

[alan peter kelly]

Have I told you lately Emily how influential your voice has, is, shall always be on,to,with my creativity? No? Well honey, your voice is, was, shall always be influential in my creative existence...I read you...I hear you...I miss you...

[Emily B]

Are we friends on Facebook? Can I send you my email? I don't see me being a regular again here anytime soon.

[alan peter kelly]

Im Alan Peter Kelly on FB and [email protected]. x

[Emily B]

Emily Burns and [email protected] :) also Emily Burns at www.hellopoetry.com

[Emily B]

And thank you. For taking the time to let me know my words make a difference. Sometimes I douvt it

[alan peter kelly]

Your words touch what I believe to be my soul.