Broken Bottle, Shattered Glass

To bolster those that know nothing of what they do,
is to me to see the fool.
Damage done and to sun,
the praises have been brought,
but to the light the evil fades
and takes it's reward in spades.

Come hither to, the broken bottle,
 to encapsulate the incarcerated mind
and put us in an awful twisted bind.
For hear the longing of the lost,
to silence the screaming at the cost.

Assemble then in ones and twos
and sing of lament in blacks and blues,
know nothing of the fervid tenor,
that brought us to the pass.
Lest we hide our sheepish grin
and smother the fire in our hearts.

Let go of childish behaviors,
that have kept the soul ensconced.
For we shall find the murderous rapture,
in the tether of our taunts.
Lest flow be fettered and fixed in time
to capture our past in its haunts.

Ask nothing of the mirror,
for the reflection cannot speak but if it should,
then we must listen, with open minds
and hearts and should we hear what worst we fear,
then we must stop it before it starts.

How erroneous and egregious have we become,
in the error of our ways,
that when first we see the wrongs we've done,
we realize we cannot UN-ring
the bells we've wrung.

Sew we play in the seeds of our disaster
and we revel in our ways,
but we cannot play in our oats
because we cannot see our days.
Then oft we are to pretend,
that we have not a single care
and we destroy, that which we have built.

To bolster those that know nothing of what they do,
is to me to see the fool.
Damage done and to sun,
the praises have been brought,
but to the light the evil fades
and takes it's reward in spades.

Reviews

[Rowan Storm]

Vivid imagery. Terrific rhyme. I love the twists in each verse and I love the chorus.

[Leslie Philibert]

I´ve read a number of your poems and enjoyed them.Like the repeated verse,it gives the whole poem a kind of unity, good work.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Well done, quite possibly one of your best works.

[Thea]

I like the usage of words here...An amazingly written poem.
Well done...
:)))

[BlueDreams]

very fantastic write.. liked it :-)

[johnnyqueer]

This is really fantastic, I love how this entire piece is worded. Its super deep! Nice write :)

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Love the line we cannot unring the bells we've wrung. This is so thought poundering! Written with such depth and meaning!

[Lily Mae]

This is deep and intense..it takes me to that dark side of myself that I deny is there.. we all have our days and some peoples days turn into lifetimes.. excellent write..x