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04/2012

Shattered. Anger pushes the jerks in my demeanor.
Accompanied by throes of terror and sadness.

I've reached through this darkness time
and time again to pull what remains of our innocence
into a safe haven.

To bring your battered physique out
of your wounded world.

Where the trees bleed
and the faceless fiends tear at the cracks
in our hearts.

A plane that evil has held together
to blind us of the beauty.

I have driven myself mad from the realization
that I truly cannot save you. Me. Or anyone
else for that matter.

My love alone isn't enough.

It would take the love of the entire world to
heal our lost generations.

The love of every soul walking the face
of our dying planet to mend what is
happening to us.

Reviews

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

A powerful and nice write. I like these parts:

"to pull what remains of our innocence
into a safe haven. "

"Where the trees bleed
and the faceless fiends tear at the cracks
in our hearts."

"It would take the love of the entire world to
heal our lost generations.

The love of every soul walking the face
of our dying planet to mend what is
happening to us."

"My love alone isn't enough."
Such a powerful line, it really sets the tone for the rest poem.

Stunningly written with a message that is so relevant to us today. Easy to read, you held my attention, which, at times, can be hard to do. Would love to read more like this. Thanks for a sharing. :)

[Cassie Fraga]

LOVE love LOVE the rawness and TRUTH in this write!!!! yes it pains me to think how hard its going to be for our future if we choose to stay living in such ignorance... thank you for sharing such a write Josh!! you humble me!!!

[Forbidden Poet]

I love the feeling and expression of this piece. It's raw and the texture is wonderfully done. I think this is a great write. I love the flow of this one. Such a well worded poem.

[Enigma]

You poem works through brilliantly both on a personal and universal level. That is something new for me and highly impressive. I love the idea. It new, different and well penned. Keep it up!

[Lily Mae]

Well welcome back:) this stands alone on it's powerful message and truth. The last stanza says it all. I wonder if we have that walk left in us..xo

[olla]

well done..

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Joshua! What an incredible piece! Bravo! 100/100

[Cathy Wattam]

I so agree with your sentiments here. A wonderful piece of writing that speaks truth directly to my heart. Excellent.

[Kaylor Mason]

This is nice--the love you're talking about here is Divine Love: the kind that comes from God himself. That's the only kind that heals people, truly heals them anyway (that's the only take I got on this, anyway). I love how this poem calls for that. It also expresses the idea that human love is extremely powerful, but not infinite . . . and every couple generally falls in and out of love at regular intervals. That hapens to all marriages. To admit that your love alone isn't enough; that takes a huge amount of maturity and spiritual growth. This poem is awesome, man!

[Hayley]

Potent word choice and expression. You sure go in for the kill with the center of a revolving topic. It's blunt, yet exploratory, and mournful. "It would take the love of the entire world to
heal our lost generations."
It's sad and true. I wish it weren't.
How I've missed your writing- excellent piece!