Tea Leaves

By Blood Saga

This. is.



A little...

.


Drop.


.


of Bliss.

.

Use it wisely now.
Gold is just

                                          Stardust.


after all...

...

It's not in our nature
to live and let live.

But maybe we could
just
try
it

For now.

Predictions...
will have to stand

                ...as such.
and no one could hope
to change our mind.




"You're either grieving or dead."

     When you can't go on living.
That shock to your skin...
To your finger.tips.
somewhere between pain and pleasure
                  and then you realize
you can't feel anything...


And you've never felt better.




It's like when the Spiders
spun their webs
and wove sweet silken dreams
            ...in your head.
Endless hymns
and Never Afters...
In a million different shades of blue.

It was never a question
of if you...

                     ...Believed.

Somehow.
You just knew.





                 .. . ...


.


You're either with or against
Existence.
It really isn't up to you.

The colors are too vivid.
         Reality's too real.


        ...They all stopped whispering a long time ago...
And they told you that was progress?
You are sick. And you know it.
You aren't any better than any one of them.
                  of us.

                        ...You're beginning to believe what they tell you...
...That you can't be trusted with your. own. Freedom.

 

             Let me tell you
       a little story
of my own...




...



Spiders weave your Nightmares...
[the ones you won't wake from]



If it's too much for you
by all means
                               ...let it go.
...

Let the burden fall
to someone else
you'll never know.


It's not a question
of why you're still alive.
Just why you're still breathing...
when you have a--



--Choice.


.


          .. ... . .


Maybe we're all just grieving
what we never knew we had.




                            ...Or maybe we're all dead.










 

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© 2009 Blood Saga
Published on Sunday, July 26, 2009.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • carlosjackal On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    I can see why Bri has gone totally gaga for this piece. This descends and hits all the right notes with perfect precision. Such wistful and beautiful poetics on grief and how we can’t control its impact on our mind and our being. Brilliant.

  • blue On Saturday, February 1, 2020, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    I just... I just...it’s all too much. ~b

  • blue On Saturday, June 3, 2017, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    This will never lessen its effect in me. ~b

  • blue On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    Always and without fail, this reaches the depths of me. Blood-work. ~b

  • blue On Monday, October 7, 2013, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    Ever and always, this is so pure and affecting....this is true poetry, this is blood-work. ~b

  • Invisible Girl On Sunday, September 2, 2012, Invisible Girl (134)By person wrote:

    Somehow I missed this when it came around... I am so pleased to have stumbled on it this morning. I read it once, then slowly a second time. It captured me..and held me. Well done.

  • blue On Sunday, February 5, 2012, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    ...I just cannot understand how a real and moving piece of poetry here goes mostly unnoticed, yet the constant drivel that is posted here everyday are awash with compliments..... surely, our so called poets are not so base. You deserve the real and true accolades for this write....... ~b

  • Blood Saga On Monday, February 6, 2012, Blood Saga (81)By person wrote:

    Oh blue, thank you so much, dear. It's nice to know you appreciate this old poem of mine. :)

  • blue On Monday, February 6, 2012, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    ...indeed...to say the very least... =)

  • blue On Saturday, January 22, 2011, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    ...this just slays me, everytime. everytime. ~b

  • blue On Monday, November 9, 2009, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    Endless hymns and Never Afters... In a million different shades of blue... so great.

  • blue On Monday, November 9, 2009, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    yum, food for the soul. ~b

  • Blood Saga On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Blood Saga (81)By person wrote:

    Blue, my dear, you're going to make me cry. And thank you as well, Moon, for reading. You're both an inspiration to me, truly.

  • A former member wrote: im thinking and thing and i just cant stop. love it~moony

  • blue On Saturday, October 24, 2009, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    I want to fav this again and again...

  • blue On Friday, October 23, 2009, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    I simply adore this poem. I cannot explain just how deeply this moves me. Thank you. ~b

  • blue On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    I've read this so many times now... and so many to follow. ~b

  • Blood Saga On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Blood Saga (81)By person wrote:

    :D

  • Blood Saga On Wednesday, August 19, 2009, Blood Saga (81)By person wrote:

    Oh Mars, that means so much to me coming from you. Thank you. :D

  • A former member wrote: i really liked this. ~ hdb.

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