Diamond Belly

By nur hidayah


i can't write but fear
dissolving into mumble tone
graphite madness.
an endless growth of paper
gashed with flatlines.
my empty poetry-vault pencil quivering words
in jagged lifelines.


i only dream of
the sun swinging eccentric
like a slapped gas lamp.
darkness.light.darknessdarkness.light!
flash inanity.
multiplying painfully
in a dream of no division.
it roared: light!light!
darkness.light!dar...k.


i love a boy whom i've yet to meet.
he is soft as a moth
lips dusted princely yellow
with wings of pheromone tentacles.
a single tendril
gently pumping an abeyant heart.
a forest of vines
choking lungs with
bluebells and foxgloves.
his blink sending eyelashes
raking a blood path
down papyrus cheeks.


i live and breathe
only to seek company
of gigolo cigarettes
to tongue me oblivious gray.
munching blood bathed diamonds
before it slides off
a licorice tongue.


i'm afraid to die because i know that
the stars will be tobacco stained
in tribute to meaningless chimney songs
of a mute diamond belly bard
who feared everything
dreamed nothing
loved something (anything)
and lived

rotting.















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© 2007 Nuri
Published on Monday, June 11, 2007.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"
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  • FadedBlues On Friday, August 23, 2013, FadedBlues (2096)By person wrote:

    ...we stop writing, & how it hurts! but we are visited again by that angel, & we write. we write, & again how it hurts!...

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Thursday, August 1, 2013, TropicalSnowstorm (1580)By person wrote:

    Such a fantastic piece! I enjoyed it in every way - I wish you would post more, so I could dance through more scenes created by your beautiful mind! Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • A former member wrote: i have been coming back to this piece for a while now. you know you read something special when it makes you take a second look on poetry all together. this is probably my favorite poem... ever. Scholar

  • nur hidayah On Monday, August 6, 2007, nur hidayah (114)By person wrote:

    Thank you much. That means a lot.

  • A former member wrote: this is beautiful. the language is exquisit and it took my breathe away. the third and fourth stanzas are my favourite. just wow! =] thank you for your comment and welcome x

  • evcfenix On Saturday, June 23, 2007, evcfenix (15)By person wrote:

    another great piece of work! my fav would have to be the last stanza leading to the ending. perfect, perfect ending. and i loved the way it ahlted a bit with teh use of 'anything' in bracket. very well done.

  • A former member wrote: once again my words fall short...you amaze me every time!

  • LadyMalice On Monday, June 18, 2007, LadyMalice (18)By person wrote:

    Wow. This is awesome.

  • A former member wrote: The third stanza owns my soul. You pretty thing. You stamp your words out on my heart and make it painful to breathe anything except your beauty. I love you.

  • nur hidayah On Thursday, June 14, 2007, nur hidayah (114)By person wrote:

    *kiss*

  • A former member wrote: Felt, it my bones.

  • Tonights Decision On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Tonights Decision (132)By person wrote:

    Lost in the .. wilderness i want to walk a trail with no end in..sight. truly.. this is felt.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1228)By person wrote:

    Realy great. I loved so many lines in this, and the write as a whole fits so perfectly together. "an endless growth of paper" was a big plus to this write. .

  • Moonflower On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Moonflower (298)By person wrote:

    intoxicatingly lovely, this was absolutely superb ;) loved every last second, the ending was phenomenal.

  • Bella Butchery On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Bella Butchery (696)By person wrote:

    trully stunning.

  • verablue On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, verablue (106)By person wrote:

    simply. breathtaking.

  • A former member wrote: Very awesome. The ending was great. I like your style

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