Scarlet Letter

I am a marked woman

I feel it upon my brow

a scarlet letter of  'blood' red

Veins injected, methodically rejected

first a tiny seed implanted

ejaculated into divinity

mystical of woman's loins

apparition of an innocent soul

should I have not been born, 

what then of darkest lusty desires

violins played in C Sharp

music's short lived lullaby

now orchestrated by a mad conductor

plunged into the darkness by familiarity

could you not have dipped into the honey

hallowed urns of empty souls

I wear this badge, although not visible

it's left its mark for eternity

forevermore I shall remain Scarred

Reviews

[C.R.Turner]

I won't dare try decipher this, cos I'll get it wrong. (Remember?) :)

However, the atmosphere and language is dark and pithy, pure and flawed. Stimulating and intense, FP!

If you like, you can change 'left it's mark' to 'left its mark'. You'll be saving an apostrophe and doing your bit to cut down on carbon emissions!

[Frieda P]

haha you're a funny man C.R. I do that all the time, you'd think I'd learn...there is no wrong and/or right I feel in poetry, once I put it out there it's in your hands, see fit to do with it what you must. All reviews come from our own instigations of lfe. I thank you kindly sir. Caron emissions. ha. ;-)

[Frieda P]

I know carbon ;-)

[C.R.Turner]

Hang on.. something in my a*s...

[Frieda P]

lol I'm not touching that one!

[C.R.Turner]

Ah, someone's old apostrophe! :D

[LA Lorena]

snarf!

[Frieda P]

lmao, I didn't think it'd get that far!

[Frieda P]

I slung a few question marks too, they get stuck, and you need to have them sugically removed. ;-)

[Aidz]

That'll learn ya wont it....

[Frieda P]

What?? I wish you could see my face right now.... :-P

[Aidz]

WHy wear the Scarlett letter mmm something you did???

[Frieda P]

No, that's the point, something I was forced into...but still feels the same, ya know?

[luviva]

ohhh frieda,
this is such a sorrowful, so gripping and it has got an edge.
it get your reader involved well to the extent that they can play the scene before their eyes. the imagery is so stroong ,the emotion and sadness is just another thing.
real good. continue writing my friend!!
let your voice be heard.

[Frieda P]

thanks so much luviva...sometimes these things practically write themselves.

[luviva]

yeh..
i understand!
en your welcome

[quinfinn]

there is obvious damage and pain in this write. your soul, like my heart, needs an enema....you write beautifully, but you seem to have this recurring theme in some of your writes...i suppose it is what gives us our poet wings. pain is excellent fodder for poetry.

[Frieda P]

So it is quin...very much so. heart and soul 'enema' made me laugh. :D
Thanks for your kind words x

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Frieda this is one of your really good poems yet again. It is sad though that you cannot move on from the central themes in much of your writing and it will only happen when you decide to eject the past that weighs down your soul and stops you having the hope you need to be whole again.

[Frieda P]

I wonder if anyone ever said that to Sylvia or Anne Sexton. I write from what I know, it comes from a gut, I know no other way to write. Thanks John. :-P

[John Alexander McFadyen]

But to help others who have suffered similar fates one must instil hope in them not perpetuate the idea that they are eternally damned and will never recover. Writing as a catharsis only works if in doing so one can move on from the trauma and begin to write of survival and growth and the possibilities of fulfilment. Oh and what was the outcome for Sylvia?

[Frieda P]

Touche. I realize this comes from a gentle place John. You truly bring tears to my eyes...

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Oh this feels like something dark, wrong, something that brought pain of the dull, aching, never ending sort. It sounds like something that people prefer not to speak of ... the unspeakable.

It sounds like the need for ... something to disinfect the soul. I am so sorry that you were able to write this so very well..

[Frieda P]

'Disinfect the soul' like that...might have to steal that from you. Thanks, it was a tough write but good to get it out there.

[Rob Santana]

ah yes,w****s or this case a w***e. Oh how I adored women like this whwen I was younger,fun,fun,fun. I was part of the whorebag click. Wait.... I guess that would make me a manwhore???? Are there scarlet letters for men.

[Frieda P]

It's not really about that, but interesting story on your side. Yes, there are man w****s, but they call them 'studs' instead. The write is more about guilt.

[Rob Santana]

Oh sorry. Hey Frieda don't you sleep?haha

[Frieda P]

Not much, no...that is foreign to my psyche apparently! ;-)

[DrD]

There is a difference. The scarlet letter could be seen by everyone and your letter is known only to you. None of us see anything that identifies you as anything less than you really are and that's a real blessing.

[Frieda P]

Thanks doc. :-)

[Night]

I see the pain in this one. the anger too...scars might remind us of our past but they don't have to define where we are going. God bless you Frieda.

[Frieda P]

No they don't and I try to remedy that through purging this stuff here, you poor guys! Thanks for your support Night.

[Night]

...you're welcome...and I think you're a fine lady and a great writer...:)

[LA Lorena]

OK, this is freakin eerie s**t! I have been working on a poem this afternoon that I was going to title "Colour me Scarlet"

[Frieda P]

I swear I didn't peek. Seems life plays with us all. I'm very curious to read your's now.

[LA Lorena]

No time to finish playing with it now, but I will get around to it. I'm too busy shoveling snow!

[Frieda P]

That's when a man comes in handy lol ;-)

[LA Lorena]

I did attempt to remedy that by wearing something low cut whilst shoveling the drive, but all I got were 3 fender benders and frozen n*****s.

[Frieda P]

LMAO, that's not what your poem is about I hope, scarlet n*****s would be painful. ;-)