Genetic Poltergeist

I hear the echoes of their screaming in my ears at night.

these days i find that at their end

i am a reluctant sleeper

on a mattress

now half the size-

i inter my broken spirit

rest my heavy head on stoney pillows,

wounded by years of restless turning

my spine aches,

deprived of all it's suppleness

and my mind begins its yearning

reflecting on these repining springs-

the bed that i must sleep in

a mass grave

of wounded ex-lovers

bullied ex-friends

and failed family ties

as a child i grew up

in a house of spirits

always moaning and transparent

their fleshless, drifting souls

ice cold to the touch

i suffered numbness in all my crevices

their wailings in my ears

made a fearful wretch of me

until i learned to light fires

and watch my loved ones burn

just to stay warm

protected by the heat of my rage

i set out to burn the world to ash

only,

the windfalls of all my failures

have surely put me out

now, i must make my way through

this blinding smoke

and pray that when these blackened bodies resurrect

they will be more forgiving

perhaps welcome me underground

to join them in dreamless slumber

but i fear that restless undeath is my inheritance

so i must learn to float

and pitch my voice in hopeless mourning

or find my feet

and stand-

Reviews

[bluntdude]

I don't know who you are. I don't know your life story. I don't know what you are trying to do. Across 20 states, and I can't foreshadow your fate. What I do know, is that I feel for this poem you attempted. It could use a little airbrushing. Continue writing for you have reached out of what is left of my cold heart. Despite not knowing of your name, I hope you continue to pour out truthful art. As a wise individual once put it, "Art is limitation. The essence of every picture is the frame."

[Samuel Jack]

Thought it was building to a nasty dismal end, but there is small hope there. Nice piece, brutal honesty is always amazing to read. A bearing of the soul is always difficult to unfold, it's always uncomfortable for all people involved, but that's where the greatest problems are solved.