Full Circle

How sad

That I have seen

The seeds of you,

Sowed in me long ago,

By your rough and violent hands

Bear bitter fruit,

Despoiling

Everything it touches.

 

 

 

3 Dec, 2015.

Reviews

[Gaia Octavia]

P.S. This is a deeply thoughtful and (I agree with Firebird) powerful poem

[Zugzwang]

Thanks. It is quite serious I suppose.
I am often reflective but seldom serious.
But when I look within, this is the stuff I see.

[Gaia Octavia]

I prefer the view out my window for precisely the same reason ☺

[Zugzwang]

Yes, and gazing in the direction of the navel is always good.

[Gaia Octavia]

noted .

[Gaia Octavia]

How sad that I just posted a poem with those same two words in the opening line. GET OUT OF MY HEAD! :-)

[Zugzwang]

Mmmmmwahahaha!
I did it deliberately.
That sounds mean.
Sorry.

[Gaia Octavia]

Never apologize for deliberate meanness haha But feel free to apologize for stealing the phonetic spelling of my evil laugh.

[Zugzwang]

No, I have it copyrighted.

[Gaia Octavia]

D****t .

[Firebird]

I think this is a really powerful poem.

[Firebird]

Sad yes but bitter fruit can be ripened 'til sweet in the sunshine with time.

[Zugzwang]

Thanks Firebird. Yes, the fruit can be ripened with care and attention. The process is underway

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow and that fruit was so tempting to start with...seemed so healthy for the heart, but the turning bitter, and then the spoiling...love overripe and then.....

[Zugzwang]

Thanks, Jacob.
Fruit, like so many things, can be bitter.
That's why it's so interesting to write about!
Appreciate the comment, sir.

[alifeacoustic]

Intense.introspection throws many surprises when least expected. Sometime worst fear, sometimes truth. We are who we are, but who the people who made us are also who we are.
Superbly written.

[Zugzwang]

Thanks, Acoustic. Well, I guess you could say I'm a confessional poet. Sometimes when we really try to be honest and look within, we don't like what we see. And then we post it online for all the world to see!! Haha, sometimes you just have to have a bit of a laugh at yourself. I just did.