KRYPTONITE SOUL

A poem about addiction, lurid sex, not fitting in and the feeling your life's purpose, has been shot.

Chasing the feted dragon
Across the black pony sky
Sweet dreams and starlight
Shimmer my translucent eye
Mournful lullabies creeping
out of a shame filled past
I was only following orders
It caught up with me at last
Broken decaying Mandarins
singing the concubines call
Soot filled choking memories
of the manic ghost chain ball
Seeking out a deviant comfort
It's the only kind I know
Tell me did you ever find
where all the derelict go
They don't want me
They don't need me
I've long fulfilled my role
I'm a has been comic hero
With Kryptonite for soul

Author's Note

Special thanks to Avy, thank you so much baby girl. It's a whole poem!!

Reviews

[Sethnicity]

Very good poem and your interpretation is found in the mix... I read into it differently because I'd rather read without given direction or structure then reconsider it with the authors note. In saying that I read into from a soldiers perspective of the war fought without clear directive the dedication to fulfill a task and the reflection on encounters and situations, like a military interrogator pulling out the truth. Then being condemned to a civilian life, separated, neglected, or forgotten by the ones who created you... like most superheros that outlive their usefulness and die internally while the shell of what they used to be remains sealed in plastic shelved in a box to be looked over and passed over because of faded covers and aged pages. But Thats just were i took it. that's what makes it brilliant someone can attach themselves to it and find a piece of themselves through it.

[Baby Ricochet]

Wow. That was some review. Thank you so much.

[Annabelle Lee]

Great work. I really enjoyed the flow and rhyme of it. it just kind of tumbles across one's mind.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[kelvin]

nice read with good imagery keep writing fellow writer

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[kelvin]

Welcome

[RachelReaper]

whoa! awesome job with this one. The last two lines were my favorite.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[DrD]

Self esteem is sometimes difficult to maintain in the wake of social demands and judgements. This analyization piece challenges that theme and brings it clearly into focus and I enjoyed reading it.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you doc

[Seamstress]

Simply wonderful again. You have such a talent for some of the most interesting topics in your poetry.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[Marie]

I don't get out of this what Sethnicity did. I didn't find addiction, lust, etc, in it either. I found some nice imagery and some good, meaningful lines.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Marie

[Frieda P]

There's a romantic under all those muscles of yours. This is intense, you took me to another place with this one, much different from your other works. I really enjoyed this immensely. Kudos.

[Frieda P]

Ahh, I see Avy was twisting your arm with this one...good influence, keep up the antagonizing Avy!!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you frieda.

[Corset]

wow, I knew that there would come a time when you would set aside the satire and really knock us out with some serious stuff baby and I have to say you wear it so well, but not everyone can write wickedly righteous satire like you, but kudos for Avy for inspiring this side of you too!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you corset

[Epipsychologist]

This is awesome. I thought it was about regretting your role in life, but I guess that's what addiction, lust etc. end up feeling like.

[Baby Ricochet]

Something like that. Thank you for the review.

[KAOlmsted]

She certainly lit a fire under your a*s, our Avy, because this is some of the best work you've produced, Baby. Exceptional.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you