Words As Actions

Thirty-one years later,

sitting in a heathen congregation
with a laid-up spouse
unable to associate with
anything but the apartment walls,

both feeling dejected because
of different spiritual beliefs,

she's warm to salvation by grace,

he's warm to seven beliefs of you-squared,

and that has caused more friction than
two hands being rubbed together in
the midst of a deep-freeze winter,

but it's just another event
in a long line of events
where his circle has
extended into her circle
but the Venn diagram
looks like a metastatic
liver cell,

metastasized in his favor,

not hers,

almost never in her favor
because his favor and well-being
matter the most,

because either he's
mentally deranged
or it's just an excuse
to keep her chained up
in the metaphoric form,

and is it worth the pain,

the price?

is it worth it for her?

to have this miserable,
misanthropic son-of-a-b***h
around being a mopey,
self-centered b*****d
around making snippy,
snarky, sarcastic comments
while kissing her and telling
her he loves her in that
serious tone,

like the previous spoken record
didn't exist before that point,

the stain sets in and
never departs the fabric,

words are as much actions
as actions are because the
mind and the mouth will act
as the human being will,

as the prayer goes
thy will be done,

and thy will was done
but it ends here for now.

Reviews

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

very powerful and intelligent this is a fave

100/100

[Tim Lion]

Damnit KS! This IS your BEST. the whole thing is tops, but there are moments of HOLY S**T scattered throughout. Wow. Wow. Wow.
A new favorite from you sir.
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[Aidz]

Well Kenneth this is very kewl, the words used painted clear pics in my head and the flow gave the story a natural progression , not static at all, enjoyed it mate :)

[Cassie Fraga]

clever with your lines you are mistah!! keep on... keepin on... thats the feeling I get from this! very well done!!
**tips my lyrical wand to you**

[roarke]

This piece has confident style, reveals in a consistent perspective and deftly sculpts two characters with both abstract and concrete lines. Nice balance, fresh and original. I like when that happens.

[Ed Hart]

life is long, and there is time for many things, including this, including that

[Emily B]

truth is almost never pretty, but it takes courage to capture

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful journey into thoughts and life. I had to read the poem a few times. We create separation and walls hard to take down. Your poem create many thoughts with the powerful description. No weakness in this thought provoking poem. A very good ending to a excellent poem.
Coyote

[Mary C]

You weave magic with this one - - a piece of embroidered fantasy to dream on.