Only Wanted to Know

what if all the ancient statues in Italy were once people, punished by the old gods?

Spare this life
only wanted to know,
why is the sunlight so warm and bright ?
while beneath the rich soil,
hidden doorways to Hades below...

Tremors and sea spray
jelly fish and decay,
only wanted to know
the reasons why,
What differentiates,
between you and I...

Stepped past my boundaries
Blood fuses into marbled stone,
Cemented for eternity
in this city square,
I am all alone...

Mathiasthom
written 2/24/08

Reviews

[Sairi]

I like this. It strikes a good balance between the light and darkness of life.

[Chuba kichu]

Its great.keep writting.

[Chuba kichu]

Its great.keep writting.

[Riley Justine]

such a different way to write poetry and I love it!

[Blessed Vagrant]

love the way you played with the metaphors.... read it a lot of times and always felt it in a new way...simply superb!!

[Sid]

It feels like a dead man ("Blood fuses into marbled stone, Cemented for eternity in this city square") calling out from his grave the pain he once felt when he existed to love someone back when he was alive. It hurts to think though that even at death, he still longs for the one he couldn't have ("What differentiates, between you and I...")

captivating work.

[Evelynne Tionge]

beautiful. The writing makes one have questions of their own.
There is so much we dont understand but in time, we will.

[metallion]

deep, powerfull poetry. the use of words and order of phrasing astonishing. really well written.

[Jordyn]

Very creative, I liked it a lot. :)

[Sanity Check]

Beautifully written piece. I quite enjoyed reading it.