Ink

Blah

“He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass.”

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

He stood cowering in the

Corner of a page,

Ink alkaline smeared across

His face.

Ink painting his face.

Every little word drawn together,

Every little word spun out-

Fashioning his features:

Tall

Dark

Handsome,

Words.

Each little phrase,

“His hair glimmering in the sun,

Illuminated by specks of golden light.”

 

Page after page,

Word upon word.

Page after page,

Word after word.

 

And his face made up of

Adjectives

Expletives

Verbs.

Tiny little specks of

Ink  painting

The picture.

Painting the picture of his face.

 

And he stands,

Bold, daring me to turn the page.

His face of ink

His hands of paper,

Set for eternity with a look

Of contempt.

 

Flesh and blood,

How they wither.

But pen and paper

They merely lie forgotten.

They grow moss.

The ink may fade.

But his face and his hands

Still painted by

Adjectives

Expletives

Verbs.

 

But I turn the page,

And he is gone!

“The poor b*****d.”

And all I can think of is

Until next time.

Bon Voyage,

My friend.

Author's Note

Constructive destruction

Reviews

[Beth Winter]

Constructive? Okay. I really enjoyed the poem but I think it could be pared down a little. It has an abstract feel to it, paring more words would move it to that level. I think that the capital presentation of the first letter in each line is distracting, making me look for an obvious acrostic that isn't there rather than the continuing thought. Overall, a great poem. Some tweaking would make it a stand-out.

[Sleeping Maiden]

Hmm..how captivating. I really liked this poem. I enjoyed reading it. It's very unique and different. Wonderful work! =)

[Kaela Craven]

I saw the kind review you left on one of my poems, so I came to check out yours.

I love your writing style. I'm terrible at leaving reviews :) so I'll just say that I loved the way you only put a few words to a line, and without feeling cramped or juvenile. I'll be checking out your page more often!

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I like this it makes me think of the charactors we read about..are the not just ink or digital print..? interesting .

[cest la vie]

Nothing to destruct here..
this is the type of writing I like.. fresh, original yet with coherent thoughts.
The idea of writing and creating "him" is very sharp.. Like this piece quite abit.

[Alicante lullaby]

GREAT...you simply INKED all up...[iz this suppose to make sense...inking up]your work is like libnani qaleen,i mean colours are so vibrant,they sting ,they dont make sense yet you dream of them,day after day after day,that is why one always looks forward to read you...and i remember some where you had said,the girl,wearing four pairs of socks yet cold...things like that are inscrutable yet they have this sour peachy taste that lingers on tongue...you r mega imaginative...

[Elissa; the genuine art..]

I really like this piece.
It was one of those writes that I couldn't bare to look away from.
Keep up the good work!

-Elissa :D