Negative Space

Belief can be a b***h-

Negative Space 

 

unseen spaces, distorted faces

sin-stained silhouettes

insincere regrets

the miasmic tide of doubts hovers about

while skeptics shout “God is Dead!”

as they walk, run, fly, and float, amongst

shifting clouds that drift downward towards

that fate filled fork in the road. It sways and

swings to the left,

on the path most travelled-

 

God splits Itself in two...

and its dark side

becomes legion---  

spreading chaos and discord to

those sinners and saints who refuse

to bend to the will of either God or the devil~

the corrosion of time gnaws away

at their bones, as entropy waddles and    

whittles its way through the negative space

it calls home-   

 

it’s in the air we breathe-

it’s in the thoughts we perceive-

it’s neither here nor there and yet,

it seems like it’s everywhere-

it fogs the mind and chips away at hope,

it turns doubt to dejection and despair-

 

the chaotic din muffles

the faithful voices of those chosen few, who

claim that they too,

have the right to be heard-

but their pleas are trapped in those

spaces unseen, where the devil dances the jig,

to the fractured melodies of the fiddler’s tune-

 

and yet hope wiggles its way home,

as it squeezes, squirms, and wobbles, 

in-between the cracks,

for those who still choose to believe...

 

 

 

 

(a poem by Robert F. Callaci)

 

©All Rights Reserved 2016

 

Author's Note

pick it apart and go at it....

Reviews

[DeerInHeadlights]

I do not understand why so many have viewed this and none have reviewed.. it caught me and kept me.. the rhythm. the word choice.. and that is what it all comes down to really, choosing which direction you are going to believe and go- and stick to it.. because we are all so easily swayed one way or the other.. depending really on where we are mentally in our lives..

[Robert Francis Callaci]

Thank you kindly for giving this piece a look. Belief and hope can be buried by doubt and despair. When that happens the devil has you by the throat... that is if one believes in such things....

[alanwgraham]

Well done- you have painted a convincingly dark picture using all your
murky colours to conjure up something quite disturbing.
Good work.
Cheers,
Alan

[Robert Francis Callaci]

thank you for taking the time for read and review. I'm happy that this piece disturbs and paints a murky picture- such is life....


my warmest
bob