blood is the rose of mysterious union...

this poem was inspired by someone unreachable, it was published in "The Shine Journal" in November of 2007. i stole the title from a line in the Doors song "Peace Frog".

she came

but only part way

leaving blood

on the desperate highway

i visited once

and stayed the night

couldn't leave

her scent

her voice

her touch

drenched and implanted

within every iota of me

this road i walk

staring at her

from across that median

the cars pass

semi's roaring

catching only glimpses

of her persona

i beat my fists

battering the tarmac

such madness

left for someone other

for i'm not that man

but here i am

blood on my hands

blood on my heart

black curly locks

drifting into my crimson eyes

she came

she came

and somewhere

she left my view

sunlight in her hair

i wanted to open her

enter her

stain myself with her

scent, body, mind

now only echoes

and i keep walking

on this bloody highway

the killer

the hiker

the writer

the actor

the end...

Reviews

[Brad]

like surfing in Suva or somewhere eh?

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

thrilling and exhausting~ I ride the waves of your exquisite metaphors and rush of emotives like willing surfer across an ocean wild and brilliant~