He told me he missed her

He told me he missed her

The way he caressed me when I was sad

made me forget that he missed her

He told me it was an affair

Then while teaching him to talk

He told me he missed her

He told that she left a mark

 

But I’m sure that the mark wasn’t

as hideous as the mark he left on me

He plunged his finger with in my soul

And scratched into my essence.

He engraved it deep with in my mind

The carvings deep and painful

They remained for a long time

that now they became the groves for  worms

 

He speaks about relationships

and solitude with a loved one

Words that I wish he spoke to me

But he didn’t

He spoke them to the part that listened to his desires

Not the part that yearned for him; the part that offered him

Warmth on nights in which he shivered, abandoned in the cold

Lingering for an ear to listen to his gasps.

 

He told me he loved me and then he went on to re phrase it

“Brotherly love”

 

I tether my words to my tongue with a cable of iron

And felt them thumping against my hard palate

 

All Words crave to be heard,

but my words plummet down my throat

Smacking against my bones

They accumulate down at my pelvic

And I remain on my knees for all eternity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The heart crumbled over itself

It seized palpitating

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Christy Sargent]

Oh what a painful piece you have shared with us. I can feel the sadness and suffering withing the piece and within the soul of this lovely person. I look forward to reading the rest of your work. Thank you. Christy

[SpokenWord]

This is pretty awesome work here. It made me read it slow to really grasp the intensity of the emotions and how the emotions came about. Pleasantly surprised by this write to its depth and realness. Bravo~

[kuru]

wow this is deep and full raw human emotions, such complexity..still maintains a flow without hurting the feel of the poem...very moving

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

you enrapture your audience with the complexities of being a human being in a sometimes callous world~ your poem bleeds and and makes your readers feel it to the roots of being~

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Very well done! Emotions flowed like a river, well written!

[Ladysue]

wow, this is deep and evocative indeed! very strong emotion especially the ending. very moving... and well done...

[OT]

a very evocative write!! strong powerful feelings squeezed out onto the page - bleeding through the pen! brilliantly expressed! nice!

[Khaaki]

very deep emotions... u write wonderfully bro...

[Coyote Poetry]

A lot emotion in the poem. I like the feel of the poem. I could feel the internal struggle to grasp and understand. Some words can burn the heart and soul forever. A amazing poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[An owl on the moon]

This is filled with a profound pain and anguish in existence... in words that came up shallow... This seized something deep inside me.