so i bleed

By gspot

i hear the drip upon my foot
i look down
and see the blood pool beneath my boots
i follow the scarlet pattern up my legs
i play connect the dots in my mind on my ruined pants
my eyes are drawn to my stomach and chest
my shirt is tye dyed crimson
rivulets flow down my arm
i trace them with my hand to my forearm
my wrist
and upward

over my hand
to my fingers
from which the precious liquid flows

Love Lost

It Slipped Through My Fingers
I Held On Too Tightly

And So

i bleed

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Copyright 2003 gspot
Published on Thursday, July 24, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • ShardsofSilence On Thursday, December 29, 2005, ShardsofSilence (222)By person wrote:

    bloody brillant~! (no pun intended) :)

  • sIo On Tuesday, November 8, 2005, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    oh wow this was fantastic....makes me cringe. wonderful

  • A former member wrote: really paints the picture in the tunnels of the mind....really speaks...yes....great

  • A former member wrote: Wow...well everyone else has said it for me.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Sunday, September 7, 2003, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    wow.. yes this is amazing.. and may I dare say your best.. peter

  • gspot On Monday, September 22, 2003, gspot (44)By person wrote:

    I actually agree with you on that. I think this is the best of the poetry. It is one of the few that are serious.

  • Liz On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, Liz (267)By person wrote:

    Dragging your ass out of bed. Yeah, I do that. This would also make an awsome painting. What would the expression on your face be?

  • A former member wrote: Woe to the muse who inspired this.

  • A former member wrote: I love it, I'm almost speechless... it's amazing

  • gspot On Thursday, July 24, 2003, gspot (44)By person wrote:

    thank you. I was about asleep last night and this image popped into my head. I dragged my ass out of the blankets and wrote it down.

  • A former member wrote: bleed, bleed, bleed.... :)

  • Delilah On Thursday, July 24, 2003, Delilah (113)By person wrote:

    I don't even really know what to say...this poem is amazing...~Delilah~

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