The Seeds Of My Misfortune

T he seeds of my misfortune

H ave held my heart a prisoner

E xpressions of my sadness dare I tell

 

S tories that my life has held

E xcrutiatingly pain-filled memories

E scalating throughout the years

D are I tell of such atrocities

S ufferable tales of shattered innocense

 

O f the brutal slaying of my youth

F rightful images of the past recur

 

M y virginity stolen by a yahoo

Y earning for no one to rescue me

 

M isty-eyed and sullen

I  lamented in due season

S ubtle moments in recluse

F or to hide my shame

O nerous burden I did tote

R aped by a stranger

T houghts of suicide

U rgent vagary in my attempt

N o one to hear my yowling

E xcept for me

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

It takes a benign fierceness vis-a-vis the human condition to go farther. This poem, and the rest, helps you stay afloat.

In a slow-motion sense, even with a good life, we are all hideously violated by Time, mortality. At least the one we presume to be is.

Attention Itself can be naked. It can be all by being no-thing. It does not die because it is not contingent on the psycho-physical mechanism. I don't mean brain activity. I mean the no-nonsense and oddly regal simplicity of the housecat reclining in the sunlight in the garden. The gaze and equanimity there is from being aligned to a mysterious Source of non-problematic Being.

The seeds of all our misfortunes is we lack the natural wisdom of the cat. That simplicity not only trumps our "normal" schizoid roil, it is also the best attitude to heal our damaged lives.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

It is disheartening when a child loses their innocents and causes a lifetime of hurt and hopelessness... a gritty write but gets the point out like it should.

[Su' Nacnetaf]

Saddening, tragic, but beautiful in a way. This was very well written and the flow of it is somewaht both, hard and easy to follow, though it might be because I don't master the language ^^
Excellent work.

[George Love]

Excellent work. Hard to read from an emotional standpoint, but the work actually flowed so well you took the reader into your world.

[Valerie Dean Belew]

Hello. This is a very heavy, and insightful poem, gave me goose pimples. I could actually feel your pain. Very well written. I have written a book of about 10 lyrics dealing with child sexual abuse, and they are titled The Lady or the Beast. Please take the time to read them. Enjoy your work, and will definately read more. V

[Scott]

A very beautiful (yet somewhat sad) poem. I love the tremendous effort gone into
wordplay here. I try to do the same thing when I write short poetry (which is not
very often).

It was lovely, and refreshing to read!
Well done!!