~Soul's Inferno....

Scars beautify the soul..

Soul purgates in the scalding fire...
Each testing flame feeding,
On my striving vein...
Birthing the marks,
Mortifying Ulysses scar...

The showers from heaven,,
Reach my dark cavern...
Trying to wash the blemish
Off my resolute skin...
I know the scars are unseen,
But with my spirit they are akin....

No generous outpour from Hyades,
Can cleanse the stubborn scars away...

Each blotch a laurel on my naked soul...

I feel the droplets touch my being...
Daring them to turn me away from my dream...
Scars beautify my purified soul,
Proving i have lived life to the full...

Author's Note

Dare to die!! Hope you like it ;)

Reviews

[Stephen]

Again, I am amazed by your talent! This poem is so deep and so beautiful. "Scars beautify my purified soul, Proving i have lived life to the full..." Just simply amazing. I love all of your work and there has not been one that I have not thoroughly enjoyed.

[Tom]

I shall interpret this fine write of yours Sophy as thus..

'' Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all ' !

[Sophy Freebirds]

Yes Tom.. :) thank you so much for your thoughtful words

[Jamie R. Robillard Sr.]

Your mechanics are apt, and your style is admirable. Though that I can say of many writers. What speaks to me is your content. I sit here as if I have had my heart laid on the table for my inspection. Your words are able to reach into me and take out a part of you. This is epitome of art.

Well written, thank you for sharing.

[Sophy Freebirds]

Thank you so much .. glad i was able to touch that core of heart :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

nice use of mythological to talk about those deep scars within....and as the poem expresses...
the scars might make us imperfect, but they do show that we have lived life...

like that song says.."you bleed just to know you're alive."

i'd rather bleed, than not.

[Sophy Freebirds]

As Shelley says"i fall in the thorns of life,i bleed".. you are absolutely right :) thank you for your kind words

[Zakari Schmidt]

"Each blotch a laurel on my naked soul"...I really like that line. And the whole thing :)

[Sophy Freebirds]

Thank you Zachary. Glad you liked it :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Sophy this is a hard write. It seems to exemplify suffering and being tough at the same time. It is a flowing verse that leaves as taste of admirationb on ones lips.

[Sophy Freebirds]

Thank you so much John :) yes we need to be tough.