Atlas, Dismembered

By Alanarchy





She's holding it together with
heartstrings

So picture albums would appear
obviously, in-canter
where but a glance, an eye would catch
and she dropped eggshells from her pockets
where ever she went. But she's holding it together.

A fire that then consumed the phoenix
whole
Conversations, wherein I dare not speak
Melodic carnage, when strings snap one
by silver one
She cries eggshells in her sleep
Weaving, saturreal seams in saturnia

Rings
...always

to Atlas, dismembered
Atlas
Bleeding on the shards of a world.

I don’t know who trashed that old album, last night
when I was sleeping.
But I brushed it off and put it



back on the shelf where it came from.










 

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Copyright 2013 Alanarchy
Published on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Dreaming in Stanzas On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Dreaming in Stanzas (303)By person wrote:

    I'm so happy this is POTD because who knows if I would have found this otherwise. This is so visual, heartbreaking, and lovely. And the whole Atlas reference was beautifully done. I will stop now before I drown you in adjectives attempting to describe how much I love this.

  • A former member wrote: Beautiful...from stanza to stanza

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, November 6, 2013, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    "I don’t know who trashed that old album, last night when I was sleeping. But I brushed it off and put it back on the shelf where it came from. " Great piece! I love the visuals. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • nhaight On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, nhaight (7)By person wrote:

    wish I wrote this one... keep it up.

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