Lesser God Complex

Loneliness distilled into words

I navigate the stars

Making night-time journeys

Through fairy tale skies

 

I shoot the moon

So I can feel what its like

To be beyond myself

 

I am sinking in the

Blood of a salvation

I can not complete

 

Sweet waters weigh

And pull as much as

Dark ones. It is all water

And it does not make you clean

 

Somewhere there is hidden

An absolution.  If I sink or

Sail far enough I will find the

Right to grant it

 

To everyone but me.

 

-Zoe Richardson 

Author's Note

Be harsh or kind. It won't change what I write, but it might make you feel better!

Reviews

[shadrach hah]

Hi Zoe, so many of us seek for absolution for one thing or another. Sometimes the stains will never leave us but we learn to live with them, it is all we can do. Loneliness is one of the worst things in the world. You make the reader feel. Have a wonderful Saturday. Hugs always....Mike.

[Zoe Richardson]

I was so lonely when I wrote this. It was a snapshot of a moment when I lost hope. It taught me something valuable, though. I am comfortable now with my own company, enjoy quiet and time for reflection. Thank you for your kind words. They are always a treat!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes we re-baptize ourselves in muddy water...and the stain will not wash off...
absolution belongs to everyone but us...
can we forgive ourselves? that seems harder than forgiving others.

j.

[LostSage]

i am searching for that hidden absolution too....don't worry.... if I find it I will share it with you....i treat my friends nice....have a nice day sassy mouth✨😏

[Zoe Richardson]

Sharing is nice! Even sassy mouths share. Would you like to trade your apple for my Oreos, pumpkin hugger?

[LostSage]

omg.... you drive me right up the wall....and guess what?....i love it....I need to go have my head examined... they probably have medicine for this.....two pills a day....then Zoe want bother me at all.....but the real truth is.....bother me all you want....I am one of the few people in the world that can handle it.....have a sweet day pumpkin pie baby 😍🎀

[Zoe Richardson]

Well aren't you cuter than a speckled pup? You can even have some of the hasselback butternut squash I made today. With candied pecans on top.