The Providential Priest (Short Poem)

Finger-cuts,

bleeding ruts.

Fingerprints.

tasty mints.

Shiny huts,

squirming guts.

Painful splint,

dead misprint.

Hurried haste,

so misplaced.

Wrecking balls

through the halls.

So defaced,

so disgraced.

World gone cold,

bones grown old.

Author's Note

If you want to personal message me, I'll give you the meaning of this poem to me, but otherwise I keep things a secret. I'll gladly let you know if you personal message me.

Reviews

[Aphy!]

Very powerful and straight forward piece. Honest and raw. I really enjoyed it. And could u please message me the meaning of it. I'd really love to hear. Again great stuff!

[Not here]

Sure I will :) Thanks for the interest Aphy! I'm glad you liked it!

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful, honest and strong thoughts.
"So defaced,
so disgraced.
World gone cold,
bones grown old."
The above words. So good and direct. Thank you Dante for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Not here]

Thank you Coyote :) I really appreciate all your reviews. It means a lot.

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure my friend and you are welcome.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Bursts of thought about your title...
a message to all.

[Not here]

Thanks Josie :)

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

You are welcome!

[dan]

david, The meaning? The short angry bursts of word play tied into the idea of a priest indicates to me the presence of an abusive priest paving his way to hell. You do the shorter format well as opposed to your usual lengthy presentations. This one's a keeper. take care...dan

[Not here]

Thank you dan. And if you'd like to know the meaning you can personal message me and I'll explain it to you.

[Emily]

Lovely poem!!
Keep it up!

[Not here]

Thanks Emily :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Good rhythm, good rhyme, Dante. I can't guess what it's meaning, but being mysterious that fits. Not everything has to be explained. The poem reveals itself in different ways and by the several times, you read it, sometimes in a whole other way than you have meant it. Me too I saw the abuse of children by a priest in it, just like Andrew. Well done. :) Rudi

[Not here]

Awesome Rudi :) I appreciate it. And that's very interesting that two of you came to the same thought. Hmm Hmmm

[andrew mitchell]

Clever, the write in rhyme read so fast it was like time passing quickly to settle finally on bones grown old. With what goes on in this world today and yesterday the mints and priests suggested abuse of children but that's just me, I dislike the double standards of those who preach and are suppose to protect. haha!!

[Not here]

Awesome :) That's actually not far from what I had in mind, honestly. And I love how you found a double meaning to it :) That makes me very glad whenever people do.

[andrew mitchell]

you are welcome dante

[Corbin Driver]

I love the rhyme made in this poem!

[Not here]

Awesome :) Thank you

[firabelle]

Well, your piece is certainly interesting to read, and quite thought-provoking as well. The way you keep your rhythm and rhyme intact wile packing so much meaning into so little makes me SO happy! You don't even realize how many poets out there put rhythm before meaning, but you entirely side-stepped that dilemma entirely with your on-point writing. The only thing that I have a problem with (which you pretty much fixed and/or explained away with your title) is the fact that the poem leaves me a little clueless. (To be fair, I actually enjoyed that part of the poem immensely, so I guess I don't have any actual complaints!) Really enjoyed this piece, and I'm still marveling at your ingenuity in crafting this piece. Nice job, man!

[Not here]

Awesome firabelle :) If you want to personal message me, I'll give you the meaning of this poem to me, but otherwise I keep things a secret. I'll gladly let you know if you personal message me. And I'm thrilled you enjoying the rhyming. When I was writing a year ago, I always put rhyme first, but now I try to mix the two. I'm going through a phase or writing these obscure poems, but I do have a meaning for all of them.

[firabelle]

Thanks for willing to share what it is you're really talking about here! I'll try to get to you asap.

[Not here]

Awesome :) I'll send you the explanation whenever you message me.

[H.L. Cerveise]

I like it. So many thoughts came to me in each stanza. I liked the last the most, "So defaced, so disgraced. World gone cold, bones grown old."

Well done.

[Not here]

Thank you H.L. :) I'm glad you found some meaning in this. lol