In The Field

inspired by a previous poem...

Abandoned lays a stiffened body

flies fly past his stinking wake,

a slight skew mouth, unable to talk,

the words creep to his lips;

pushed aside, left alone, rotten he is,

eyes open and pointed to the sky,

fierce breathing chest, still body,

a faint sound in the distance

awaken the body, sleep still fallen over,

hands clasped around the bible,

but a piece of grass is all the hope.

 

He lies still in the grass,

black lines of ants walk in his mouth,

a chapter ended;

dew form around his eyes,

tears roll down the black cheek,

a typewriter types next to the body.

 

A life has ended.

 

Author's Note

what i tried to do was take the image of a dead body, eyes open, mouth open like he wanted to say something, but he is dead of course... and in his hand he holds the grass, where there was a bible previously... just a simple poem :)

Reviews

[L0v3craft]

this is just haunting as hell and the descriptions run like fragments, fitting in the cryptic manner this piece plays. i also sensed the melancholic tone of the poor soul, the wanting to speak tearing at the despairing soul.

i really like the line 'black lines of ants walk in his mouth.' -shudders- creepy image in my head now! xD

Thanks for sharing!