Bound by Blood

I pricked my finger once

Just a drop, a morsel of rich plasma

But in it I saw that fat line

This small beady-eyed splash

Saw itself in my staring, globed capillaries

I knew I lost a part of myself-

 

Of you and her.

 

Oh, vivid congealant

Ink of my nature,

Spell me with chest pumping,

Ear thudding life, hark!

The beating drum of years past.

My fathers hold this rhythm

 

Sanguine lace that ties us all

All nicely, neatly knotted ancestral bow

We children choke to wear

And die when untied.

We are forced to tie the next

Necklace round our children’s throats-

 

Bloody choker.  

 

Tiny foetal heirlooms tear through

Vulvate walls, screaming with the

Resonant cries of

Remnant lineages.  

Wet with the blood of my blood,

Of my blood.

 

So remember, when it is all mixed

In this dirtied crucible,

And shed to flood this

Telluric chalice, to satiate

Our thirsting desires

Aren’t we all bound by blood?          

 

Reviews

[Botania]

um ... yes we are. I'll claim you!

[Dee]

You know James, I feel nervous to review if truth be told, I feel I am not word gifted enough to do justice to this magnificent work , but to say it is awesome and one I would like for my fav's if thats ok..
Future generations will be reading your works for sure....Bravo. No wonder you Father is so very proud of you....Smiles ...Dee

[Leslie Philibert]

James is a very talented young poet, I looked at the five poems he sent me for review.His poems impress with an almost Plathian originality of image, a fine vocabularly, like here the sextet verse with that contrast with the single lines, this reminds me of SP`s poem that she wrote when she cut her finger.
Fine work.

[R Smith]

A brilliant poem from the prick of a finger to a full bloodied masterpiece, bravo.

[James McFadyen]

Thank you, I am grateful you consider this a masterpiece.

[R Smith]

I read 5 of your poems James, they are all masterpieces, wish I had half your talent.

[Ti]

Wow. Magnificent talent for writing I must say!
Definitely the son of John Gabriel, haha you may be even better ;)
'Bound by Blood' is truly a piece of art, great write, I will love to read more of your works :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

No question he is by far the more talented writer.

[Ti]

Couldn't agree more :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Oomph!!!!!

[James McFadyen]

Thank you for your kind words. I couldn't have done or taken an interest in writing poetry without him!

[Ti]

Your very welcome! :D

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You know how much I love this one James and it is as always a sublime piece of poetry from the pen of a real writer.