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.
Awards
Comments on "Diamond Belly"
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On Friday, August 23, 2013, FadedBlues
(2096) wrote:
...we stop writing, & how it hurts! but we are visited again by that angel, & we write. we write, & again how it hurts!...
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On Thursday, August 1, 2013, TropicalSnowstorm
(1580) 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
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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.
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On Monday, August 6, 2007, nur hidayah
(114) wrote:
Thank you much. That means a lot.
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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
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On Saturday, June 23, 2007, evcfenix
(15) 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.
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A former member wrote:
once again my words fall short...you amaze me every time!
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On Monday, June 18, 2007, LadyMalice
(18) wrote:
Wow. This is awesome.
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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.
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On Thursday, June 14, 2007, nur hidayah
(114) wrote:
*kiss*
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A former member wrote:
Felt, it my bones.
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Tonights Decision
(132) wrote:
Lost in the .. wilderness i want to walk a trail with no end in..sight. truly.. this is felt.
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Dancing_Monkey
(1228) 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. .
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Moonflower
(298) wrote:
intoxicatingly lovely, this was absolutely superb ;) loved every last second, the ending was phenomenal.
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Bella Butchery
(696) wrote:
trully stunning.
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, verablue
(106) wrote:
simply. breathtaking.
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A former member wrote:
Very awesome. The ending was great. I like your style