Beauty of the World.

By Aleas

*Spoken Word. Find your own rhythm here.*

Beauty of the world, Bleed me a river,
As a shivering rape victim sits uncovered,
Ravaged in unbridled hate like a blue wave crush
That can't stem the tide of that childs mother.
Fostered in breeding grounds of deceit and lies,
Flushed in anger and soaked in envy,
Incensed at the sight of such fire burning away the fabric
Hand-woven of her linen clothes, tattered and torn.

Beauty of the world, Bleed me a river,
With fever in tow, with no sliver of hope
Remaining in this decadence, decimating every
Last bit of moral fiber, ripping to shreds the silver lining
Of what decency remains during this painstaking reprisal,
Appraising her life now broken and worthless
The face of it beaten, bloodied and sore.

Beauty of the world, Bleed me a river
Of piss and sweat, as this shallow soul delivers
The very worst God has to offer.
Barely breathing,
Hacking, spitting,
Choking beneath the crawlspace of life struggling to hold on,
Tears unleashed through the cracked floors while
The screams are muffled by the sounds of violent thrusting
And skin scraping
And hope failing
And all that is good lost, forevermore.

There is no one to save her
We are already dead
It's a wonder we made it so far
On one winded breath.

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© 2008 Aleas
Published on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.     Filed under: "Rage" and "Poetry"
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  • The Lipstick Factor On Saturday, February 14, 2009, The Lipstick Factor (290)By person wrote:

    The closing stanza brings this piece to a end like a door slamming. Good flow, hard to do with the subject matter--so often ends up sounding "ranty" and this is not, in any way that.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Monday, May 5, 2008, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    Thanks man. has a much greater flow now :)

  • Dancing_Monkey On Saturday, May 3, 2008, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    I try to stay away fromlines that afterwards incurages a catchy tune like cry me a river. cous it kinda breaks the concentration to the poem. but i re read it and had a serius talk with myself. and it ended up nicely

  • Aleas On Sunday, May 4, 2008, Aleas (171)By person wrote:

    I edited it. I didn't even make the justin timberlake connection until you brought it up. I saw no choice in the matter.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Saturday, May 3, 2008, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    ending was a poem in itself

  • Mari On Saturday, May 3, 2008, Mari (425)By person wrote:

    god. damn. brutal, no?

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