Things found at an Auction

At an auction

Held in my own house of hearts,

I had you and me

Sold to the highest bidders,

And clear the trash 

Which lay heavily on the porch of my valves.

Disrupting the regular flow of oxygenated blood

Through my nerves,veins and arteries.

With the hardest hammering sound

And unpleasant knocking,

I commenced the show. ``

Sold the antique promises we had formulated

In the name of love and hope.

I sold them to the desolate and hopeless

Who wanted it the most.

For it was worthless

To have given it away at a dear cost.

Next lined up for the auction was

The rough paintings we had sketched

With a foresight and a vision

To make a thriving future

With a handsome home and four children playing around.

I wanted to burn them to attract the crowd.

But I was not immune to fire

I had a heart burnt into ashes and smoke,

I couldn't have conducted the show.

I also placed upon the table of  conquest

Our expensive  and imported wines

Which we drank to our heart's content,every night.

But is now tinged with a piquant flavouring of my tears,

Rendered into the color of vampiric blood.

The vase on the offering platform had us,

Imprisoned and caged,

Screaming like a beast

Behind the bars.

Let us be exiled forever,

Let us be forgotten and forlorn.

The world will put the remaining love to some good use

Which cannot be done by us anymore.

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

What I like about this is the juxtaposition of medical terminology and the auction to highlight the wholesale emotional destruction in this piece. Very interesting take.

[fattycbreezy52]

thanks a lot Kl Goode.......Your reviews are as smart as you:)

[ANTO]

Theres a tattiness to this which is fitting given the painful subject matter - almost as if the poem as a whole resembles the hearts that are battered and weary. Theres also a beautiful eloquence to this reflecting the initial hopes and dreams - how pristine they are.
Damn sad piece but so, so well penned FcB.

[fattycbreezy52]

Thanks for the perfectly overwhelming review........You look right through it:)

[Coyote Poetry]

So many emotions and powerful thoughts in the poetry.
"Let us be exiled forever,
Let us be forgotten and forlorn.
The world will put the remaining love to some good use
Which cannot be done by us anymore."
Forgotten and forlorn. A sad place to land. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[fattycbreezy52]

I am glad :) Thanks for your thanks:)

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.