To the Boy at the Bar/Let's Be Broken Together
By inhisbelly
Sad fawn, your coaster’s soggy
And your eyes pregnant with grief
So lend your heartache to my ears
I promise I won’t leave
You say “I’m sitting on the axis
Of my frightened disposition
Just teetering on the cliff
Of a catastrophic fission
You see, I’m greeted by the image
Of her smile with the sunrise
Oh! this longing is a torture
That delights in my demise”
I hear each pack of cigarettes
In your voice that shakes and shakes
The nervousness so palpable
It startles mine awake
My love, your tone has fathered
A storm I know too well
So let my soft hands guide you
Away from this fresh hell
See, while we’re broken together
We’ll pretend that we’re repaired
And in this shallow and transient union
We’ll both forget we’re scared
So retire your glass of whiskey
And retire with me to bed
And feel not this torrent of misery
But feel my contours instead
Comments on "To the Boy at the Bar/Let's Be Broken Together"
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On Thursday, January 4, 2018, Cassette
(1087) wrote:
"And your eyes pregnant with grief" brilliant.
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On Monday, December 9, 2013, carlosjackal
(2787) wrote:
Melancholy brilliance.. A scene clearly depicted.
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A former member wrote:
Losing yourself in one another . . . a fabulous theme. I keep trying to figure out what meaning the elemental table has in your work, but it's quite difficult. You're always referencing science in your poems, which comes across like a desire for stability in what is known (physics) and what is subjective (art) . . . this theory is especially prominent in the poem where you compare metal to lilies; you really have a fascinating writing style.
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On Monday, December 9, 2013, Sketso
(416) wrote:
Oh yes, the same sentiment as my "Strangers in the Night", but with a rhyming scheme. Nicely scribed, this matter of the moment.
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On Monday, December 9, 2013, Dejected_Worth
(81) wrote:
Transfixed and left fixed in a broken kinda way. .really enjoyed this. You've made my day