Shards of the Phoenix

By Swooping Synod

the trampled on cripples
of the world distrust
the two faced
piranahs absorbed
in a cloak of egregious folly

stand up and be broken

sit down and be digested

by the acid of your mind

slipping into memories that
pull me down into shards of
holy smiles as suffocation is
gripping my esophogus with
immense enormous strength

rise into piles and drop off

dive into pain and sink further

by ways of etching me in your mind

one day the phoenix won't rise
from the ashes of perpetuating defeat
the twisted cocoon releases a stillborn
butterfly with rotting wings into hell

someone is sticking pins in the ass of my voodoo doll

punctured and bloodsoaked
with abrasions and lacerations
someone is out to get me
lurking in the shadows of dim-lit
corridors inside vaults
having no combination

to break

as i lay in wasted fragments

skeleton keys don't open dead bolts

a looping scream resonates through my being
shattering the remnants of sunday brunch
pompous was my of life.

the blood is getting me hot

boiling over this cauldron and evaporating from my heart

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Copyright 2004 Swooping Synod
Published on Monday, August 16, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: This is amazing. I want it printed on fancy paper and stuck on the ceiling above my bed. Truly fantastic.

  • knightmirror On Sunday, November 7, 2004, knightmirror (426)By person wrote:

    *skeleton keys don't open dead bolts*....you have quite a twisted way with your words sir.....highly entertaining to read....brilliant title if i do say so myself...****-knight

  • TheReap On Friday, August 20, 2004, TheReap (38)By person wrote:

    Vivid! nice work.

  • mysticventures On Monday, August 16, 2004, mysticventures (527)By person wrote:

    yea - what control says!!! excellent!!!

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