Black Knife

I am a black knife 

With an obsidian tongue

Gliding and impaling

A clean cut through the air

The shrike’s thorned sin 

The bedside table razor

The floating dagger 

Serrated syllables 

Slicing your tongue

The stabbing in the news

The Canterbury flint

The paper cut 

A starless knight 

Pointed absence 

The grief bubbling 

Like tar beneath the earth

A raven’s piercing roar 

Of igneous breath

Drawing charcoal blood

From your bladed bellows

A grim guillotine 

Removing my humanity 

Reviews

[Ken Simm.]

Sharp and dark metaphor. Excellent use of words. I really like the format and subject of this piece.

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you so much :)

[Lorry]

I do like the idea of serrated syllables proving the pen is mightier than the sword, along with bladed bellows that remove our humanity.
Great job.

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you for your kind review :)

[Miss Sharon]

Wowser! Magic from start to finish...chills and all. (A grim guillotine Removing my humanity) Awesome closure. ~Sharon

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you very much!!

[pressedflowers]

The last line gave me chills - such a good read!

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you very much :)

[John the Baptist]

Jack the Ripper himself couldn't have said it any better.

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you for your review!!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like this considering some obsidian can be sharper than our most finely honed stainless. Reminds me of the movie, The Hunted, with Tommy Lee Jones where he crafts a knife in the wilderness. Great read. The descriptions are nicely crafted.

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it :))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Paper cuts prove that the slightest cut can be the most painful...even if the first cut is the deepest.
As the song says.
I like "igneous breath" and "Drawing charcoal blood"---
If we have really good hearts, the guillotine will slice off our heads, the thinking part of us, but not the part that cares.
j.

[nadia dmitri]

What a thoughtful review! Thank you very much :)

[Soren]

Screaming with wonderful images. Use of "A starless knight " homophones. incongruent actions :A raven’s piercing roar " all fill this marvelous piece. The last line seems the key to this most interesting and beautiful poem.

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you so much Soren :) you are so kind

[Neville]

I have a longstanding fascination for all things sharp .. and with much respect, this sure cuts the mustard .. Neville

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you so much Neville :)!

[Neville]

you are most welcome .. my pleasure entirely .. N :)

[zain danyal]

Holy moly, this is fantastic man. The writing is almost gothic and the word choice is amazing (Canterbury flint, woah. The way you describe things is almost, lacerating. Incredible work!!

[nadia dmitri]

Thank you friend :)))))))