Wicked, Weary, Willful

i wanted to explore the feelings of anger, i don't really express or explore it in life, i was curious to see how it would manifest through art. as always thank you for taking the time to read and sha

If I were an ocean, I'd tsunami. 
I'd crash at you, rise up fiercely with froth dripping from my wicked tongue.
I'd lick at your feet a tongue so cold, you'd hop and run like a threatened hare. 
I'd send my driftwood to scratch you and then my salt to burn it
And then when I calmed down, I settle to a grey-blue lulling you to see the infinite beauty and power and wrath of me. And you'd feel small as a speck of sand. 
If I were an ocean I'd take starfish and send them hurtling towards you like ninja stars.
I'd grab your ankles with my seaweed limbs and drag you under, just for one moment longer than you thought you could survive. 
And bubble up the back of your legs like a devils tickle as you shot to the surface to gasp. 
If i were an ocean. 
If I were a universe I'd take my neutron stars and line them in a row so they spin you back to a time where hearts were whole
Well, when my heart was anyway.
If I were a universe I'd take my sun and my moon and I would cover them with a mourning veil of shimmery ivory and you would see the world like eyes of a woman in grief. 
I would put you on a planet where raining glass comes sideways and I would give you an umbrella made of ozone. 
I would put you on a star and make you catch the wishes thrown to you. 
Catch them all, in a bucket of diamonds.
I would have you grant them all. All but one.
The one I wished. If I were a universe I'd make you ride that lonely wish of mine down the current of the Milky Way,

feeling its tentacles of hope underneath your feet like old man's slippers. 
If I were a universe I hold all your breathe in glass speck of light and watch as it chased the speed of sound down the darkness. 

...if i were a universe.
And if I were a mountain I'd turn all my streams away 
So you could feel the gift of thirst. 
I'd crumble into dust as you dug your heels into me
trying to climb higher but ending so far below. 
If i was a mountain, I'd wrap the wind around my vocal cords and sing to you and eerie song that would haunt your mind and make you think of loves you'd lost. Then I'd sing it again softer. Echo, Echo. 
I'd give you mountain stretch marks.
Itchy places to remind you of when the sea was your lover. 
I'd take my poison ivy to your skin.
So sultry she would climb like a lover's thin trailing fingernails 
down 
     your
           spine. 
If I were tree I'd be a weeping willow. 
I'd hang my wounded limbs over the river that is your regrets.
If I were a tree I'd shade you from the blazing sun.
You'd crave me then.
You'd fall asleep in my lap.
If I were a tree I'd gift you a hundred acorns...
And let none of them take root. If I were a tree. 
If I were a tree you'd climb me to take shelter from the wolves. 
I'd take you into my strong arms 
And you would understand what courage is.
What refuge is. 
What need is. 
Then I'd stroke that glistening wolf to keep him at your feet.
And paint your toes with sap so he drools with the anticipation.
And if i were that tree you'd feel safe within my grasp.
I'd blow a wind to stroke your face and
And sooth you with the sounds of leaves and you would sleep.
Then I'd send that wolf away because you'd know me then. 
But I am a woman. 
And what I can do is make you see me as I walk away, 
pull away
sneak away
crawl away. 
I am a woman and I can be the emptiness I leave you. 
I am a woman, an ocean, a universe, a mountain, a forest.
I am a woman who is now the empty fragile places inside you where I used to be.
But I am a woman
And you will remember me. 
...You will remember me. 

sahn 5/19/2014

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Wow! ... "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" ... Very powerfully painted in imagery that drives your heartbroken message home ...

Marv

[Shannon April Alice]

true words, my friend.

[icelandicblue]

You shall be remembered in all the glory you possess. I loved your descriptions of the universe. You fill each image with strength and passion:

If I were tree I'd be a weeping willow.
I'd hang my wounded limbs over the river that is your regrets.
If I were a tree I'd shade you from the blazing sun.
You'd crave me then.
You'd fall asleep in my lap.

[deleted]

Full of power and passion for sure...I wanna stay on your loving side--lol

[JC]

epic poem here full of fire and passion...great read.

[Shannon April Alice]

*blushes modestly*

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

If I were a universe I'd take my sun and my moon and I would cover them with a mourning veil of shimmery ivory and you would see the world like eyes of a woman in grief.
I would put you on a planet where raining glass comes sideways and I would give you an umbrella made of ozone.






If I were tree I'd be a weeping willow.
I'd hang my wounded limbs over the river that is your regrets.
If I were a tree I'd shade you from the blazing sun.
You'd crave me then.
You'd fall asleep in my lap.
If I were a tree I'd gift you a hundred acorns...
And let none of them take root. If I were a tree.
If I were a tree you'd climb me to take shelter from the wolves.
I'd take you into my strong arms
And you would understand what courage is.
What refuge is.
What need is.
Then I'd stroke that glistening wolf to keep him at your feet.
And paint your toes with sap so he drools with the anticipation.
And if I were that tree you'd feel safe within my grasp.
I'd blow a wind to stroke your face and
And sooth you with the sounds of leaves and you would sleep.
Then I'd send that wolf away because you'd know me then.






The Weeping Willow is my favorite tree nicely penned.




This sounds like you were speaking to someone
you loved that broke your heart very quite Loudly
here I see it in the words so much pain and passions speaks
in this piece.



Thank you for sharing and for your kind review
and comments you left on my page.



Blessings. Benita

[Shannon April Alice]

thank you benita, i read somewhere that there is a planet where it rains sideways...i believe i also read somewhere there is a planet where it rains but the chemical makeup of the rain makes the rain actually more like our planets 'diamonds' so although this sounds poet-y i think my brain put the two together, lol... nerd fact#

[Shannon April Alice]

*and i don't know if i was speaking to someone. i don't actually write 'for' people or even about people often. most times i don't even have a clear memory of writing certain lines (so upon rereading them they are completely new to me) i'd love to be able to about people...im sure i'd have a LOT more poems if i could ;)

[Benita-Staebell M - KindredPoet]

well I am sure that the weeping willow has many meanings to me it is rain and tears but not a sadness really they're quite strong and lovely trees I am the same God is strong in our weakness and I heard someone say that Texans are very strong and I've been told their many strong woman in my family my Mother is from Texas and we do have weeping willows here in Northern Georgia there's one that stands tall near the beautiful lake waters quite lovely sight. well it is what I felt in your words but it could just be that there was some pain from something I have always had a sense for that I am quite sensitive and tender hearted. thank you for sharing any how. Benita

[A. Amos]

This was truly one of the coolest work I have read on this site, I have to admit you are extremely talented and would love to come back to read more of your work!

[Shannon April Alice]

you've no idea what those words mean to me, it is very hard to know if you are talented or delusional when it comes to writing. i support all fellow writers and i know it SHOULDN'T matter as long as i love it....and i do....but it is comforting to read a peer i respect say that i am indeed.....NOT delusional and maybe the work is speaking to people.

[A. Amos]

Always remember what you craft intrinsically it's your baby...even our ugliest kids are the most adoring to us. Never fear what you write, if the words came from the deepest part of your soul...trust me all is good:)

You're most welcome my dear!

[Sophy Freebirds]

Symbolizing nature as woman. I loved the piece. I know this emotion well. Just to take revenge on the one who hurt you badly. But as you said we are woman. We may forgive but when we walk away we leave behind spaces which.can never be filled. So we say forget us if you can..i loved the raw emotion here.i do have a temper which goes up easily.so i will say i could.connect to it.classsic writing.
just my cup of tea :)

~Sophy

[Shannon April Alice]

sophy thank you. it has always been one of my favorite pieces although i think the woman who is the voice in piece would be hell to have messed with heartbreak-wise.

[Troy Henson]

Goose Bumps!
The raw emotion and imagery poured into this deep ocean has me fearing mother nature herself. The expression of love and the turbulent affects it has and how you have woven this with the elements is pure genius. I enjoyed this epic tale. Thank you

Troy

[Shannon April Alice]

troy this is probably one of my favorite pieces. it is long i know, so i really love when someone takes the time to really read through. it's a baby of mine, this one.

[Pitta S Dev]

Nothing can stand against Nature nor against this natural writer Shannon. A well written Epic and am happy to read

[kublakhan27]

Wow, this is the first time I've read one of your pieces and it's epic...the emotions are raw and visceral, yet remain vividly and evocatively poetic...I'm not a woman but I'm definitely familiar with this mood, that urge to just lash out, and leave your mark on someone's conscience in the process...this is a feast of powerful imagery that makes it impossible to really single out any specific bits...an honest and very ambitious work...well done :)

[Shannon April Alice]

honest if i say until you mentioned gender in it, i hadn't realized i wrote it specific to gender. i think i might actually revise that....you bring up a great point, it's an everyone feeling. thanks kublakhan, love that you wrote 'wow' ... it's my favorite reaction to get! xxoo

[kublakhan27]

My reviews are always from the heart, and I swear I don't use 'wow' very often haha It's my pleasure, and I'll try to read more of your work soon :)