white memoirs:opaque gargoyles

By Cassandra

tattooed stitches broken with a single rust-licked kiss
from a childhood sweetheart long since dead inside
with a soul choked on amputated vision - reluctant astigmatisms
two hearts truncated - one accented indigo, the other scarlet
duplicated jigsaws designed to fit, yet the question is how
..and our pasts are stamped in white on opaque irises - invisible.

memory failure sedates the dethroned God and Lucifer
resurrecting makeshift romeos and juliets barred away behind mosaics
painted with scars and whispers of your name [in f.rag.me.n.ts] once more
despite knowing too well that life will go on, and i will survive due to human nature
how sickly - self-preservation disproves one hundred percent selflessness
and i realize how we are victims of our own greed; pathetic.

tricked into an alternate reality where black and white is dominant
facts are those that leave no reasonable doubt; no possibilities of anything else
start, finish, start, finish, start, finish, c.y.c.l.e
trapped in a translucent prison cell with no ceiling [no end] .no white.
and again i am forced to stare down
i am a self-made pessimist locked in my own world
unbelieving and unable to notice a key engraved with a mango butterfly
glossed and assaulted by a polish of transparent crimson and navy

lost on a journey to a dream [x-nightmare-x] of vivid phrases and glazed eyes
i've yet to recognize my ticket back down to earth, still defying gravity
but i am a poet, and i am built to see in monotonous manners
scripted as if i am nothing but a marionette created for the purpose of infliction
where i am told to reside in a house of havoc speaking words of false sagacity
an establishment with no end, no ceiling [no white still]
and im left in oblivion again
regurgitating regrets and dancing with devils.
(.i. s.p.i.t .g.a.r.g.o.y.l.e.s.)

for your loss.

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Published on Sunday, March 26, 2006. Filed under: "Poetry"

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Comments on "white memoirs:opaque gargoyles"

On Sunday, October 15, 2006, mozarts cat (184) wrote:

I still love this .. enough to go *click*
On Sunday, October 22, 2006, The Zebra Warrior (1521) wrote:

me too....I hear another *click*...was that my last remnant of logic or brain cell popping...oh well that organ was always overrated anyhoo!!
On Saturday, April 1, 2006, Equinox Asylum (140) wrote:

You are a poet. Extraordinary. I am white washed in your language.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Solace (1069) wrote:

I don't think its selfish to preserve ones own life - very situational idea that one...but point taken and hesitantly accepted. imagination repression 1's and 2's black and white exposition of reality
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Solace (1069) wrote:

fantastic piece, an interesting engagement of colours and well presented. not sure of a poet seeing in monotonous manners...
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Cassandra (14) wrote:

Self-preservation cancels out selflessness, which, from the "narrator's" (not really mine) perspective, is a load of crap basically. The person in question would much rather see a 100% selfless world.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Cassandra (14) wrote:

As for the monotonous mannered poets, it referred more to the select person.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Guillotine (172) wrote:

Welcome back, and surely such talent will be welcomed by all the stale poets here at DP ~wink~ ~Guill
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, MESUN (230) wrote:

".i.s.p.i.t.g.a.r.g.o.y.l.e.s." such emphasis. it's a revealing statement of seriousness. excellent.
A former member wrote: "yet the question is how ..and our pasts are stamped in white on opaque irises - invisible"- just one of the lines i'd like to quote here..this was just splendid..sheer art, writ to perfection. i couldn't find any flaws here, just stunning poetry.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, mozarts cat (184) wrote:

a lucid dreamscape .. absolutely stunning ~V