Sonic Therapy

Dedicated to Peter Steele latterly of Type O Negative.

Sonic Therapy

Happy at Brooklyn Heights Promenade,

driving garbage trucks and steamrollers,

with the Fallout a bassist dedication.

You became a Carnivore,

tearing the flesh from

religion, war, race and misogyny.

Repulsion took you to Sub Zero

until you saw type 'O' donated;

now, blood and semen in your pen,

Slow, Deep and Hard  was full

of heartbreak, fantasies of revenge,

and suicide contemplation

as you drew the blade across

the wrists of failed love

and twisted Darwin

with anal retention in the lens.

Bloody Kisses,

romance, love, sex and death,

took you to the summit,

a gargoyle atop

the Gothic stink pile.

And through October Rust hues

you moved to Vinland,

a Green Man in a

a ménage à trois,

where Red Water left you

in Christmas Mourning

as you realised

Everyone Dies.

You were slipping

into the sanctuary

of madness,

creation fuelled

mood swings,

but sonic therapy

saved Petrus from the pills,

But Who will Save The Sane,

you said.

When Life is Killing Me and

it is hard to celebrate love

when death has taken a father

so close to Valentine's.

But when you are Dead Again,

with Rasputin ringing in your ears,

and a balloon bursting in your chest,

despite your many friends

and kindnesses,

death is the final incarceration

you will ever suffer.

 

09/03/17

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful and worthwhile words shared. You used real life and realistic thoughts. I wanted to read and to know more. Thank you John for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[wordman]

it is a very emotional and powerful write john
it flows graciously

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Ron, your kindness is always appreiciated.

[MsJewel]

Wow...your words are so powerful, so full of emotion. Really great writing and such a pleasure to read :) Julie

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you, thank you so much Julie for your appreciation.

[ReedWrite]

A moving piece...deep...thought-worthy...intriguing.
Loved this line: You became a Carnivore,/tearing the flesh from/religion, war, race and misogyny.

Nicely done.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks RW. Peter Steele's story is both sad and inspirational.