Darling Charisma.

The blood flows from my heart more forcefully than the blood to my heart, the pressure in these angry arteries.

Yes and I’m caught in my own mind

but the fact is

I see in the colors that linger along the edges of your bitter dreams.

I paint the night white

and throw this world out of order.

 

I was the only one who had the true power to be a villain-

yet I sought the character in other people,

every stranger auditioning for the part I refused to take on.

I wanted to write the story.

Not be it.

 

What am I doing?

Standing there in the mirror, tiny hips buried in scrappy fabric.

Prolific wonder.

I am acting very charming today.

I am quite a clever little actor.

 

But it’s all made up. I drink tea out of the jar

and it tastes just like wax.

 

Mozart, candles, tea, chess, chocolate.

the sky outside grey with blackbirds,

the most charming séance we’ve had so far.

But I haven’t come back to life.

 

Reviews

[Steven]

Another wow. The last line a gasp again. I like your poetic-journal style.

[K.C. Zbryk]

The images you use in this are astoundingly vivd and bring a unique life to this poem. i especially like the line, 'I drink tea out of the jar and it tastes just like wax.' I thought it was a brilliant description for the entire piece. Amazing work

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~ let me just begin by saying that this is an absolutely stunning piece of poetry... the images are mesmerizing even if laced with a very palpable sadness... i love the title a lot... and it seems like we have a lot in common... meaning...

"Mozart, candles, tea, chess, chocolate."

~ the word that comes to mind is 'eclectic'...

~ philosophically speaking, i came back to life as of a few hours ago... i think it took me (in numerical terms) more than five years... which at a feeling level... seem like at least a few light years... i'm sorry if it's not too charming to say this... but i know you'll forgive me... :P

[just_teague]

It scared me how much you reminded me of myself. I have a feeling we're going to be playing off each other for a while more here. I love your punctuation.

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~ thank you... this punctuation has to do with my take on how 'spoken english' should be written...so that it sounds conversational to the reader... :P ~ i shouldn't be taking such liberties as english is my second language... but i guess i was born to take liberties when i shouldn't... :P ~ oh... and you remind me of me too... ~ i think there are a couple of us in each country... :P