Inky recall ~

your inky recall 

   recoils under 

        my skin

   took its toll

    in beastly 

        violent shades

black & blue 

       darkly drawn 

    bad blood 

    crimson oozing 

       burnt scars

indelibly sunk 

       into my psyche

encas'd my heart 

      in ice temples

       glass'd apprehension

   left its mark

         upon the soul

marr'd of spiteful apathy

             bane of my existence

retreating behind

   secrets of

        closed doors 

            remembrance's

Author's Note

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

There's a reason I can't read your stuff when I'm sick Mrs.R...the richness of the images and emotions you evoke demands one's undivided attention, as does your poetic talent, which is unparalleled. The connection between ink and blood is irresistible to a writer...I think we all can relate to that on the deepest level. You've been indelibly sunk in my psyche for a long time love...the resonance of your voice in my imagination, and my heart, defies description...awesomeness here as always :) xo

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is the only way i will remember you, through inky recall....the blood and burnt scars...enough is enough....

a dark ride through the mind of the tortured poet...

really different...but still with that Frieda touch...

[Tina Louise UK]

Dark but beautifully done :) x

[Trace]

Writing can be such a powerful medicine.

Keep up the therapy.

Trace

[Vidya Bacchus]

Wearing our dark lady pants today I see.Things that happen to us leaves an imprint on our lives whether we want them to or not.

[Lyn Anderson]

This poem gave me chills with its opening lines. A dark secret, a past, things we cannot escape in our minds no matter how hard we try. They are there. It is a beautiful write, both addressing the power of the human mind to deal with things, but also its fragility, and the things that hide under the surface of our being, the pains, the truths, the hurt. I love it, and if this darned place will let me save it, I will.

[magenta24uk]

Very dark and full of the air of menace. Scent on the breeze of death and sadness tattooed forever on a broken heart.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Good or bad, every event in our lives becomes a metaphorical tattoo on our hearts. Well done Moonbeam, well done.

[redzone]

And of course I lost my original review.. and I can't curse, but more I can't curse at the utter horror of this reality that you so inkily (graphically) describe and it not only needs to be cursed at, but more done away with so that no one ever again "retreats behind secrets of closed doors".. your poem, experience affects me deeply and at the expense of being censored, you my sweet friend are one HELLAVA courageous woman, someone we all can learn from...

~~redzone
ps I would quote some lines I found moving but this kindle is giving me a hard time, sorry

[FlamingPhoenix]

Remarkable! I LOVE the ending!

[icelandicblue]

You used ink quite expertly turning black and blue leaving behind the stain of pain in body and soul. Beautifully penned and painfully spilled.