Taint

Taint

By: Ethan West

The cold bars clinch my teeth again

My heart a jailbird calm in wait

Will anyone find me in this den?

Will anyone free my soul from taint?

Or will I stay here on the ground

A rusted statement of my hate

A broken mirror that's honor bound

A broken heart that's filled with taint

I struggle with the love I've found

This putrid love of dirty slate

I feel my misery abound

I feel my fetid, horrid taint

And I am sad with duty sound

To play the gong that sealed my fate

That man is me, I've run aground

That man is running from the taint

The one who tried to find me here

Her lips and eyes made fear abate

She shackled me with twisted sneer

She shackled me to evil taint

I cannot lift her shackles now

I cannot breath, I cannot wait

My heart is bleeding from my brow

My heart is reeling from the taint

Can anybody hear me scream

For help and someones hand to take?

To take from me from what bitter seem

To take from I this weakened taint

I scream and shout for you to come

As bitter fear has met my fate

And then you reached for me and sung

My pattern broken by your taint

And in your voice I heard my heart

The little bit not left to fate

It is in love I'll find that art

A kiss from you may clean this taint

But these cold bars still seal my art

And these cold words still seal my fate

For while I run to steal your heart

I am consumed by all my taint

Author's Note

This is one of an additional 3 poems from my book that I'm releasing exclusively to the writerscafe community. Thank you guys so much for all your support and enjoy these three poems! Any feedback is greatly appreciated! This is one of my darker works be warned.

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

This is the first piece of yours I've read in a while, which I'm a little ashamed to admit :P you have a unique voice, like new-school language being presented through old-school forms...you're certainly well-deserving of your own books...great stuff :)

[ewest1220]

Well I am truly glad you liked it! Also I haven't been on in awhile so I haven't had any new stuff to show ya :) Thanks again for reading my friend!

[kublakhan27]

No problem, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for future stuff :)

[Annabelle Lee]

i lile th repetitiveeness of this one... its got a nice flow to it..... easy fpr the eyes to drink in your words but a bit of a tongue twister when read aloud.

[ewest1220]

Oh wow it actually is. I didn't realize that lol this is hard to read aloud. Either way I'm glad you liked it! Thanks again for reading!

[Centfie]

Nice piece. Dark works that are written as good as these are awesome, because they arouse normal human emotion that everyone has gone through.

[ewest1220]

Thanks! I'm really glad you liked it!

[Baby Ricochet]

Reads like ewest1220. Awesome.

[ewest1220]

lol I sure hope it does XD I'm glad you liked it my friend. Nice to hear from you!

[Rhianne Ney]

But these cold bars still seal my art
And these cold words still seal my fate
For while I run to steal your heart
I am consumed by all my taint

Powerful well weaved lines!

Keep it up~!

[ewest1220]

Thanks! Will do :) I'm glad you liked it!

[Rhianne Ney]

You're welcome~

[♪Barklight♪]

This is great! Love the wording ^_^

[ewest1220]

Thanks :D

[Coyote Poetry]

I like how you create situation and the way you used the word taint. You create a wild vision with strong statements. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[ewest1220]

And thank you for sharing this excellent review! I'm really thrilled you enjoyed my work it's always a pleasure to hear from you!

[the crying cup]

s'great!

[ewest1220]

Thanks!

[the crying cup]

your quite welome! ^-^

[DIVYA]

Love taints sometimes and love washes the taint away.
Its a double-edged sword...
No wonder it's said we 'fall' in love...

[ewest1220]

Agreed... to quote one of my favorite books "The blade is double edged, if I make one misstep it will cut me. But I still need a sword..."