Repressed Anima

beneath the eaves

a spider caresses her young

with careless abandon

 

casting them out on gossamer

to random destination

 

slender threads of salvation

 

(the father was eaten)

 

a boy waits behind glass

an eye lowering

glowering

squinting out to clarify

a middle perspective

 

watching wave upon wave

 

         roll in

         roll in

 

then roiling

toiling to stable purchase

traction gained

an invasion blusters

and buffets against

an amorphous frame

distorted

 

(a maternal hesitation)

 

let’s just see what it looks like

out there before we go

 

subjugators inside and out

intentional and not

disrupt the flow

 

the window’s in the past

here now shouts thunder

 

hunker down to dreams

the storm will abate

as your hunger

 

         you’ll see

         you’ll see

 

you’ll see

a lightning flash

captured

contained

 

renamed and reprogrammed

by upright generals

on abandoned docks

 

filing reports

the crippled corporal

in crimpled skirts

puddled and muddied

drags forth the results

of fragmented self

 

overwrought

Reviews

[duff]

Protection and survival. Smart writing. The opening lines are a great lead in.

[Red Brick Keshner]

This is quite hard-hitting. These images are quite forceful and build up to the last lines of the poem. Ot does make us overwrought. Thanks for sharing.