Abstraction

It was hard to pick a place for this one, considering it has several elements, so I picked the frame of mind I was in when I wrote it.
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Charred lips like burning skin
Pressed to mine
As we roll in the ash of your ultimate demise,
Praying vindication from illegal passion.

Sensual, rough caress of thorns,
Watching with
Expectant gazes as the roses fade from view,
Icey touch of a dead, cadaveresque sage.

Blatant, blackened skin, fingerprints
Of a lost cause,
Need in the eyes of a faithful scholar of all things,
Subliminal messages of forethought, caution.

Fingers on the cross, mind watchful,
Soul in prayer
Of a day that comes when none are left behind
To watch the ruins of mankind rise to further their cause.

Life as a jet black stream of screaming
White portraits,
Flying cries of pain and mercy in one breath
Silence now, before the arctic triumph catches death.

Pinned to the wall by a line of knives
Slashing deep,
Thrusting hard through the wrists, shoulders, neck, waist,
Painting oneself red with fingertips dabbed fresh with ink.

The final whispers of a love lost deep in hate…

Just like my heart.

Sweet poem, I like. Nice to have a new member who actually posts |
Stick around for a bit, I look forward to more writing.
And it doesn't matter where you place them, we aren't too strict about that

I'm glad you like it. It's an older one that I wrote back in 2007.
I will stick around for sure. I'm working on a couple of new pieces I hope to get up on here soon. Hopefully they will be as well-received as this one.
And I'll try not to worry too much about it, then.

And, if you don't mind, ask around where ya live to get some new members... as you can see, we're pretty under-stocked.

Awesome, I would love to check your new work. Whenever you get some, feel free to post, but you don't hafta post often if you don't wanna.

And don't forget to join the chat so we can get to know you.

I'll see if I can wrangle some new people in for you sure.

I shouldn't take too long to post up new stuff. If anything, I've got a few more older things I could post up right now, really.

Will do. I'll see if I can leap in somewhere.

Lol, alright. I always love chatting with the new members, everyone has a story to tell and everyone's is interesting. But maybe we should move this to PM so we don't clog the poem...

Responded via PM.

Very nice indeed. I haven't posted in a while however, I do have some new things that are stored in my book, I just need time to put them up.




Also welcome.

I like it. Great form. Keep it up!