Sunday, September 4, 2011

Joker

Prescription tears settle at the bottom of this bathtub
I think of drowning.
Will It separate lie from heart?
I do - from never again?

The throttle screams
down empty streets
as does the empty window pain
my eyes grow tired
another night
caught alone with out you again.

This is when I'm severed from the bone.
when the dot separates from the I.
Nothing makes sense this night.
You are not my wife!
You are not my wife!

I am folded on the floor
one deck of cards
you play a hand
I am less the joker
I was a god
before you came in.

Prescription tears settle at the bottom of the bathroom floor
"It's to late to save her" he say's
but it wasn't his fault !
it wasn't his fault !
he say's

I was out
starting over again.

10 comments:

  1. Painfully direct, difficult and moving piece.

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  2. this is a skin digger - pulling at the nails
    and tugging at the pain - sad and painful
    - real and authentic.

    Arron Shilling

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  3. wow...way to break back onto the scene...deeply emo...lots of pain but also freedom one way or another...great write...and great to see you

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  4. This is raw, razor sharp and mournful.

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  5. very painful and really direct this is so difficult to write and so well done
    http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/08/29/unsuspecting-creatures-of-the-night/

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  6. Wrenched in pain - favorite lines "This is when Im severed from the bone.
    when the dot seperates from the I.
    Nothing makes sense this night.
    You are not my wife!"
    Made me ache. Well achieved and articulated.
    Gay

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  7. wow what a powerful, traumatic, tale written really well thank you

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  8. Hi, Rob Kistner here. This is a piece well written, engaging – good work… mine is here: http://www.image-verse.com/clown

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  9. Very powerful - dark - deep - you can visualize the pain. :)

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  10. Amy - I find this piece to be emotionally gut-wrenching. It is an honest and painful work. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

    http://cajunsioux.wordpress.com/category/poetry/

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