CROWDS OF ONE

?? ?? 99 - 01 25 13

Schools of thought like slime intrude heavy souls
digging cavities and wreaking spiritual havoc
Bitter undaunted in its ways
clinging to the skin and caking
like dry dead ulcers
Silence has crept steadily through time
constructing its arsenal
formulating its depth
Soon it will unleash its venomous rage
handing out damns to those with none to give
Minutes in the meantime are dropped on our foreheads
like cold and torturing beads of water
You'll never outrun a snail's pace lineup
a pent-up pocket of circumstance
threatening to explode and hurl us
into a wretched quagmire where
our only shield is the past / One shield
to be shared between all of us
Someone is bound to get sucked

Author's Note

Time to raid the vaults again to fill the creative void...this is actually a collection of snippets scribbled through one of my notebooks...I presumed them all dead but I'm now thinking about doing a revision of this.

Reviews

[Pete Langley]

It`s amazing what crowds in when you`re on your own! You leave the door open - and all manner of riff- raff fight each other to bung up your equilibrium. I have trouble fitting some of your images to my vision of your piece, but generally, I enjoy the journey. P.

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Pete

[Frieda P]

This is crazy good, like reading the bible of K....I like when I can peek into your head for a bit and go for a ride. It takes me crazy places most times, but this path I've been on, wait...that must still make it batshit crazy...well bat s**t crazy good anyway. Love it!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Frieda, I'm glad you like it that much :) The bible of K...if I ever get a book published I'll call it that haha ;P Given the age of this one, I'd say it's undeniable proof that I was born crazy...

[Frieda P]

had no doubt, had no doubts! ;-P

[kublakhan27]

;)

[KAOlmsted]

"Wreaking spiritual havoc..." How cool is that? Set the piece up beautifully; the randomness of thought matches the pace...I like this one a lot, k.

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Kim, I'm glad you like it...maybe this sounds a bit pretentious but I thought you might be one of the readers that does ;P

[KAOlmsted]

;-) My pleasure...I have good taste.

[kublakhan27]

Indeed ;)

[Bitter Overdose]

This is a really great read. Most randomly put together poems always turn out to be quite the piece of cake. I love all the imagery in this. Well done!!

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks :)