Metal Noose.
By Aleas
*Repost - my works have disparoofed!
Gentle language, lyrically
Cocoons around me spherically
Pulls me close endearingly and places
her hand upon my cheek
I thought not even God can save her
The metal noose that's caught around her ankle slipped down from her navel
and was at first a crown of thorns
Fastened to the birthplace of
scorn on the highest branch of it's tallest tree with roots that finger
down to tickle hell itself.
Somehow still she held out hope
At times even crying out to me
Desperately trying to tell
me
With all her might prying open my iris with scissor-like extenders
to filter and let the light in from heaven so that maybe I could set her
free
But my eyes are tied to the back of my throat
And every
time I open them I start to choke
Her attempts leave me gasping
for air and reaching for some token excuse explaining why I'm broken
I tell her
"I never met a Spring who swept away my Winter
sorrow
A Summer that kept me from freezing in the gallows
And
everything is faintly gray
No matter what Fall had to say
Nature's
unholy treason never gave me reason why her seasons change and I stay
the same."
I tell her
"The entire world is transforming
Nothing really is conforming
Come to think of it actually, even
the galaxy is spinning out of control and yet here I remain
Not
even getting dizzy
Not even a bit tipsy unless I spin myself
And that’s simply an unpleasant feeling."
She tells me
"You know, I'm always here for you."
A simple phrase spoken
simple enough
In those words I could hear her packing her stuff and
zipping up her duffel bag so full the tinsel was tearing
Her hand
falling from my cheek
Her body relaxing so that I no longer feel
the tension of it close to me
No longer sense the apprehension of
her decision to stay with me
No longer having her undivided attention
to listen to my pretension when all humility is lost on me
I simply
can’t see
And all I hear is the clamoring of the links in chain
from her metal noose fading away in the distance.
Comments on "Metal Noose."
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On Tuesday, July 7, 2009, surething
(51) wrote:
youve taken such a pain and inner loss inside you and put such an elegant literary face to it, this is often difficult to do when dealing with such personal topics, however it was exquisite
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A former member wrote:
this is the first poem I've read in months, and it consumed me...exquisitely painful.
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On Sunday, October 12, 2008, Narcissa
(391) wrote:
I always try to refrain on commenting on pieces so personal b/c it seems no matter what is written here it doesn't change what is inside. The pain... The loss...even the hope. Through your voice I feel an utter anquish of your love slipping away.
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On Sunday, May 11, 2008, soul dancer
(95) wrote:
Absolutely stunning. I especially loved the 3rd stanza. Thank you for sharing this with us.