Purgatory is Mine

Purgatory is Mine

A Poem by John Alexander McFadyen
"

Sometimes life is simply hard.

"

Purgatory is Mine

If I could move

the hills and mountains,

the towns and glass cities

of brick and concrete and steel

built between us.

If I could shift the shadows,

the dark clouds,

the vows and the

enduring memories,

the pain,

then I would.

If dark nights

were moonless

and permanently cloudy,

and days full of corners,

then I would have

somewhere to hide

my black, treacle thick

smudge of Catholic guilt.

That seeping oily stain

that burns into my soul,

desecrating desire,

restraining my heart,

and tethering me to

this sterile, barren and

loveless path.

Where I will yearn

in the saddest nightmares

for what might

have been,

for eternity.

 

16/10/17

© 2017 John Alexander McFadyen


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Where I will yearn
in the saddest nightmares
for what might
have been,
for eternity.

Some times i feel .. as a poet we love to be in pain more often than in love..
so that we can feel more ...and happiness kind of doesn't stay as friend to us..


Posted 6 Years Ago


John Alexander McFadyen

6 Years Ago

Personally I prefer to avoid the pain. Maybe we just love emotions. After all unless we are simply w.. read more
Ardra

6 Years Ago

mmm i mean i kind of feel we are like magnets to pain ... never wanting to be one...but yes..happens.. read more

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John Alexander McFadyen
John Alexander McFadyen

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom



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Well, have a long and complicated story and started it as an autobiography on Bebo but got writer's block/memory fogging. People liked it though and kept asking for the next chapter! fools.. more..

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