In The Corners Of My Head

also not recent... but i think its a good one...

In The Corners Of My Head

 

the glory of our lives
in the depths...
of a portion of truth
in the beauty of resurrection
from the bottom of this bottomless pit...
we call death
salvation...
in our last breath!

we play through...our lives, and death...
as if it was all... a game of chess
nothing more...
nothing less!
tears fall down..
in moments of distress..
no fortune teller..
has seen through this mess..

i lie there...
in the dark corners of my mind...
sheltering from the sun...
looking for a true love to find!
love?
'tis love that drove me blind...
stars?
born in the mids of december...
have i been signed?
'cause... it could've been rainy on the day i was born...
or sooner... has my sun shined?
or is it just God...
playing with my mind?

i've been in waters before...
swam in a sea...or was it in my bed?
i could smell the salt...
waves... broken beams of light...
and the fear they shed...
like blood from my veins...
such are the shadows in my head...
breaking rays of light...
reviving the dead...
waves.. of blue and green...
waves... that bring back all i've seen...
and i run... away from the broken beam...
i run... from the words i once said...
look for safety...in the life i've led...
momories...  and voices from the past...
from which i've never fled...
but now they lurk my neverland...
tracing stains of pain...
and a love i've bled...
and i run...
to find comfort...
in the dark corners of my head...
fear.. is no more...
i have closed hat door...
pain... i used to be numb...
i thought i couldn't feel any more...
but such wounds... still not healed...
they burn... like fire through steel...
and they arise... from somewhere...
and all goes down...
they crumble...
and i run...
she calls...to show me the way...
but i cover my ears instead...
and run...
to find serenity... in the corners of my head!



by: The Black Iris, Of The Luminous Imperious

 

Reviews

[Cece]

often wondered if death
was to be release from
all the pain of life
which seems to grow
intense as time passes

in the corners of my mind
i have wished for death
but if there were an afterlife
would i not have the same memories

[justjenn_2u]

I can see how death could be like salvation. Saving us from this harming world. Searching for love that has brought you down once (or maybe more). I find it interesting, most of your mind is filled with bad things. You have a vacant spot, in the corners, where you can go for a little serenity. I truly love this poem.

[TamerQtaish]

Oh yeah here is that old complexity of you! Nothing bad with that, you sure know how to make peoples brains seek blood to understand your writings! None the less the simple forward message is clear, but the hidden once you need to go through a few time to find, making it even better if you ask me!
That way the reader would probably understand it a bit different and a bit more each time, I guess that was your goal with this one?
Powerful words bro, keep them coming!
And you know, life is a game, I think everything is a game in so many ways, what makes playing the life of game so damn confusing and hard is the stakes are so much higher than other games we play!

Love and respect,
Tamer

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

This is a very powerful and painful piece as well as moving. Passionate in it's painful and lost response.
Debby

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

This is a complex poem to me .. it seems to be a looking for answers poem and it is well written .. it makes me think . and sometimes it does seem we go through life as if it is a game .. and we are all pawns on this huge chessboard.
Very well written.

Chloe
xoxo