_RELENTLESS_

Photography ~ Christian Martin Weiss

Landlocked seas deeper than you could ever envision

    in the garish light of day you still can't imagine

   how deep the waters go beneath your soul

  fathomed in technicolor'd foam dragging you rock bottom

  from the tip of your crown, til splay'd on your knees,

           power of persuasion will haunt your psyche

       an amused cat with a mouse, toying endlessly

          injected under the skin as a festering toxin

The spirit of sleep that never comes 

     in your hour of pain when you seek peace

   blink        in your head, it'll disperse your bones

     take you from the ones you love

twist your mindset til it's crippled

    no one can rescue your sanity

prick 'd  reminders of broken promises

     desolate within forsaken tidings

there'll be no garnered reprieves,

   wreaking havoc     forcing your hand,

you'll be stripped naked to the core

    altered thought patterns's, taunt's forte 

Vociferous in assaulting crazed delirium

  holding the power of your deliberation

    ever sagacious, it will never leave your mind

  Mistress of unscrupulous tenet

     no way to be saved from its clutches

    torturous grasp burrows in deep

       entangled guts tied up with heartstrings

                You can't escape, you are render'd,

Reviews

[Nusquam Esse]

I don't even know why I like this as much as I do... but this is my favorite of yours... and one of my favs off this site. I love the relentlessness which you depict here, such a deep pain which seeks to drag you down and consume you. Or perhaps it wishes only to drag your limp corpse across a razor sharp reef.

Favorite line was
Vociferous in assaulting crazed delirium
holding the power of your deliberation
ever sagacious, it will never leave your mind

I love how you used both vociferous and sagacious in the same sentence; two ideas which are rarely held together. Usually meditation doesn't consist of screaming, but this is something new... powerful... and deep. As if gone is the sage who seeks enlightenment through calming his soul, and here comes the sage who has found his own enlightenment through bounding with a primal energy which only he understands.... a feral fury. Thanks for the review... it prompted me to come here and look over this, and I must say, I think I got the better deal. ;)

[Frieda P]

I do believe you just made my day Nusquam. 'drag your limp corpse across a razor sharp reef', why didn't I think of that? You got it spot on, thanks so much for this glowing review, :-)

[m.s.early]

Deeply foreboding and eerie... so peculiarly you, yet haunted.

[Frieda P]

Not sure how to take that xavier Thanks I think. ;-)

[m.s.early]

Oh, I sincerely hope it was nothing less than complimentary to your work. You have a way of using the most graceful and most lovely expressions to pen the most painful and forlorn emotions. It's quite admirable and impressive, if I may say so.

[Frieda P]

Ha I was thinking you thought me peculiar, and you'd have been correct in your assumption ;-)

[m.s.early]

Well, I certainly believe there is something peculiar in all of us poets. Would you agree?

[Frieda P]

Ha that would be putting it mildly, yes, we're all a bunch of lunatics.

[A. Amos]

This is one of your mind blowing piece of work....respect

[Frieda P]

I'm humbled you think so A. Thanks so much, I'm enthralled by your kind words.

[Coyote Poetry]

Artwork and poetry. A amazing journey. I could feel the struggle in the description. Sometime it is hard to hold to sanity. We are chased by demons and ghost taking apart our mind and our thoughts.
"Vociferous in assaulting crazed delirium
holding the power of your deliberation
ever sagacious, it will never leave your mind"
I had to read again for the pleasure of the words. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Frieda P]

Very freaky photography I know. Thanks so much for your kind words Coyote.

[s y e]

Holy shyte this is a poem and a half Frieda. It's personal and painful but this has to be the most powerful one you've written... The emotion, all of it, is on spot and you've nailed it. Every single detail in this has been written to perfection. You're a survivor for sure, and a bloody strong one at that too. Don't you ever let anyone give you crap or tell you any different, because I will kick them so hard they won't get back up again.

The title was perfect.

Stilettos and all that jazz! xo

[Frieda P]

Wow stilettos and flip flops, I've overwhelmed noodlebumble, thanks so much. x

[emmajoy]

' The spirit of sleep that never comes ~ in your hour of pain when you seek peace ~ blink in your head, it'll disperse your bones .. '

This is a cruel one, love.. both and worse for you, and, for the reader who truly would like to make the dark drift away.

And yet.. yet, dear friend, you have the skill to use words like magic, every phrase laid so finely. Just wish so much they weren't so sad. (You)

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much for your kind and caring words petulia, hopefully within the dark is where eventually one finds a way back to the light, I do believe everyone has this within them...some nightmares just won't go away. xo

[emmajoy]

You know I know. x

[Pryde Foltz]

Vociferous in assaulting crazed delirium
holding the power of your deliberation
ever sagacious, it will never leave your mind

Powerful stuff and exquisite craft. A thinking mind can be a dark mistress, no doubt about that.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Pryde, some thoughts are just that way...yep.

[Baby Ricochet]

I read this with a voice like a pirate. Arg!! It works Matey. I liked this one.

[Frieda P]

Whatever floats your boat Baby....

[redzone]

Ditto Red..

raw, unflavored pain.. and served cold, desperate and from the depths of that landlocked sea...

Yes, it is RELENTLESS... and what I also found relentless is the power and artistry of your poetry found even in the grip of that unscrupulous mistress... she can't stop you and we are moved by the courage found in your words, ... ~~redzone

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much curt, if you were here right now, I'd give you a huge squishy....xo

[icelandicblue]

This siren is a cunning one and you are right no one can save another's sanity and the helplessness that follows from those who watch is unbearable. I know this dark place and I pray for a light for all of us embroiled in this relentless noxious hell.

[Frieda P]

Your reviews are always so poetic Anne and understanding, thanks so much.