Spasmodic Heart
By Melancholic VIncent
My heart lies in a cage
A thoracic cage made of bones
Dances
in a spasmodic motion
Cursed by this voodoo magic
Not allowed
to traverse it's cell
It crosses over and it withers away
Fell prey to a bear trap
Entangled in relentless metal
That
pierces the muscle
Let them be. It hurts
But stops the bleeding
Swallowed whole by the beast
Splinted between raging teeth
Closed shut by thick jaws
Corroded by it's befouled entrails
So it lies catatonic and autistic
It's no prisoner if it doesn't
intend to leave
Dances in a spasmodic motion of eternal drums
Flooded
by molten lava, it still performs it's rhythmic ritual
Cut and gutted,
it beats more vigorously
Futile efforts to retain the precious fluids
Yet it beats more violently
Gushing all hope from hundred of fissures
Half-empty-or-half-full logic has been put aside
Because the heart
is all empty
Without a shadow of a doubt
Comments on "Spasmodic Heart"
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On Sunday, May 12, 2013, Invisible Girl
(134) wrote:
One of your better writes for sure! I love the end.. It's perfect. Brutally beautiful.
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On Friday, May 17, 2013, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
Thanks Lisa :) I really like this one too
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A former member wrote:
Altogether an amazing piece! Your words play across the imagination and invoke a sense of understanding. This work is strong and true like the beating of a heart.
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On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
If you look at the rib cage, it's a prison. A prison that allows the heart to be alive. My mind has been making metaphors with it quite a bit lately, so I put that in a poem.
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On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Nehema
(958) wrote:
Superb imagery. Brought up images of times in my life when I knew I needed to get away from a 'loved' one, but couldn't 'abandon' them. Welcome back stranger - good to see you posting again - XXOO
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On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
It wasn't that what I intended to do with this piece, but that's also very true and I have been through that situation quite soon. But then I realized that she didn't deserve even that special care but that way began the process to forget, when people prove to be idiots it gets easier to forget.