Shattered (Skywards)

I can't believe I'm posting a poem I've written four years ago! (Though extensively edited). I'm indulging in reminiscing about an old crush I had on someone, much like in Starmaker, but I was far more immature at the time. It's nice to savor old emotions

When I thought it was beauty—

And purity,

I thought it was within

Within your soul

 

It made my cravings stronger,

For you see, the fantasies that control my mind

Are not enough to quench my thirst

Or quell the raging storms of desire

 

We are engulfed by fear—

Or worry may lurk in our souls

We are afraid

Afraid to touch

 

(Are you afraid of my fingertips?)

 

Or at least, I toyed with the notion

To please myself—

To justify my isolation

 

The departure to another world slips nearer

Shattering images on its glorious way

Its tyrannous way

Satisfied by pulverizing the broken pieces

Of what used to be a broken heart

Cut in perfect half

 

A broken heart that once survived

Survived its own haunting nightmares

Running in tears, intoxicated—

Trying to forget

Forget the mess and destruction

 

Love was what once conquered all

What killed the pain

And pulled pleaure from the soils and ashes

 

 

Love, and desire

Brutal desire for your brown skin,

Your wet lips,

Your scorching body,

Your everything.

 

Still, the broken hearts protest

Complain about this chaos they inhabit

This glacial mayhem,

Which pushed them to casting

Their snowy-white flags

Towards the torn sky

 

Skywards.

 

Reviews

[Emily Elizabeth]

Wow this sent shivers down my spine... this poem is better than my own work now lol! You write with such a sweet soft tenderness and yet the depth and the power to your words is astonishing... it's a huge contrast that shines really brightly. You are a really powerful writer if you can take two contrasting elements and slot them into one. I really loved this work, as all your work, and I truly mean that. You have a gift and incredible emotional insight beyond your years. Your maturity and your sweet personality makes you stand out! I think you really can achieve your dreams, if you believe in yourself!

[Sydelle Houston]

O, it may be a 4 year old poem but it's happening! I liked it, had to read it more than once to make sure I had the 'rhythm' of it. Amazing work!