savagely seeking

there is something savage to
this suture.

stretching at its seams.

i am tearing through thorn bushes
seeking the scent of your skin
and the overturned soil
at your feet.

i am digging with my hands;
my nails are filling with dirt
and you're smiling down at me
in that sardonic way
and i could
just
scream.

but there is something savage
to this second

slowly slipping by.

i am pausing in my efforts to reach you
to beseech you
to seek you.

i stare at you with windswept eyes
and the dirt is smudged against my temple
and you're touching it gently with your thumb.
your fingerprints are on me
and i'm numb,
i'm so numb.

there is something so savage
to your smile.

and i'm crouched here, waiting,
begging to be
beguiled.  

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

This makes me think of how some people can still manipulate and control someone with a sneaky false kindness... they make the person feel like they are only wanted by them but with tacked.

I have always been a big fan of your poetry and nothing has changed.

[HaleythePoet]

As I read this it was like I was swept into my past and watched it like a movie. It gave me quite the emotions reading this. Thank you for uploading it.

[Tree]

A haunting, mesmerizing piece. This poem, with its structure, and natural line breaks gave itself perfectly, to this reader. Glad, to have come across this.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

There is something about this piece that tears my heart... I love the way you have conveyed such an intense emotion..."savage" in the way it feels... I truly love this style of writing!...it is emotive pieces like this, which pull me in, and I get lost in the words.
Absolutely gorgeous write!

[Kara Emily Krantz]

Thank you Robbie!! What a positive and awesome review; I'm glad it made you feel that, that the emotions were conveyed. Mmmmm. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Wow KEK this is a powerful tale of love seemingly unrequited. Such great emotion and despertation in a flowing poem.

[MAC]

as with everything i have ever read from you this is so well written. you never ever come off as anything but a professional writer. so polished!

this poem made me feel as if somebody has treated you terriblably yet you still long for them though you know it shall only cause more pain.

such an excellent write! love it!

[Kara Emily Krantz]

Oh, Mark. Warm words on a cold day. Thank you. You remind me of the old WC days, when life was so filled with words and poetry, and I never felt more like a poet.

[MAC]

i miss that too Kara, also the people we knew back in the early days of the WC. i do so appreciate your talents and well you dear one.