Why is it so damn hard for a woman to be alone?
Even Eve
had this:
Adam
didn't save her.
He didn't lead.
He let her go;
he let
her do that
awful deed
the one
for destruction,
the one
for hatred
for Eve
for ALL.
eternity.
She could have blamed him,
And he, her
With each to blame,
what lies they could weave
It was the beginning
and human nature.
They had each other.
But then
right then,
He still stood by her
into the very
fall
of the world,
He was right,
there,
though
it all seemed
to be
all her fault,
all
so i
.
i can see it coming
god how i love it
when your strong hands
snatch at me
when your strong arms
enwrap(ture) me
when you bend me
pull me
grind me into a shape
that suits you
against you
you lift me
move me
bite me
excite me
a thousand places all at once
such urgency --
unstoppable
and awful
these moments in divinity
i give you me
and
receive, receive, receive
.
The storm is full of petty threats:
hail, lightning, thunderous bravado...
and my dog falls for every one of its tricks.
He's not accustomed to such growling from the skies;
for him, each boom and flash of light is a sign of attack,
a report of bombs or other atrocities
steadily nearing our position.
He doesn't understand the gift in a rainstorm,
that these mountains are one day further away
from becoming like those damning desert sands
that can teach such hates;
He doesn't understand how,
even within these extremes,
he is safe.
He will not take comfort;
He cannot believe.
.
My father was a Pisces,
Twice slimy,
Doubly likely
to be
Desperately flopping
in the grounded world,
Desperately seeking
a return to his native whorl,
to breathe again
in the habitat of the hidden,
to sink into
the darkness of his perfect cold,
that darkness seething in his soul,
a darkness soothing,
home, sweet home.
blank page
blank
page
blank blank page
blank blank page
page that is no longer blank
square monster
single, evil
white eye
unblinking but dozing
bored
ignored
a stroll into fog
dulling fog
page of emptinesss
even full
absolutely empty
all the words
just words
echoes in the mind
of humankind
so
limited
whimpers
or screams
in the fog
whisper or scream
into the blank
whisper or scream
whimper or scream
and stare at the monster
who
will
not
even
blink.
I read your words over and over again.
I cross-examine them and search for additional witnesses, but no one can confirm this guilt. The words are admitting nothing further; their vagaries are infuriating; but no assault will trigger the confession, and I must go home, alone, to live with this failure, knowing I'll be trailed by the shadowy figures, dark-alley nightmares and broad-daylight hints, resolving into nothing, and leaving me wondering where my mind went.
Why is it so damn hard for a woman to be alone?
Even Eve
had this:
Adam
didn't save her.
He didn't lead.
He let her go;
he let
her do that
awful deed
the one
for destruction,
the one
for hatred
for Eve
for ALL.
eternity.
She could have blamed him,
And he, her
With each to blame,
what lies they could weave
It was the beginning
and human nature.
They had each other.
But then
right then,
He still stood by her
into the very
fall
of the world,
He was right,
there,
though
it all seemed
to be
all her fault,
all
so i
Up through calm thick blue -
Separate reality the only? part
envisioned alone,
all other actors expelled.
Urgent tickling swarming
pricking at the corners of eyelids
racing into watery depths
-force irresistible,
light starts the spiral.
Bathed/dressed/teeth immaculate;
Immaculately equipped facing emptiness.
Ready lying on the floor face down.
Cleanness disintegrating each stepfall over,
unnoticing.
Checkered existence observed minutely
or not at all
dissolves its difference
reveals sameness, utter calm.
utter calm indifference triggering waves of need
cacophony
art voices screams
spiral all to the void
aid to th
When I was a child
my father's wife
(second or tenth,
I have no idea)
told me that if
I stared at the lightning,
it would get angry
and strike me.
I tried all of my life
to be good,
to not anger the lightning...
Yet it did strike me
that summer
and has again
again and again,
so often that
I wondered
if it might be
that punishment,
that anger,
is a friend,
and began like a child
to seek and to stare
...again and again.
MMK
ONCE
you sneaked too far over
the edge
UPON
i
A
was only six
TIME,
i can't hate you,
I'M FROZEN INSIDE.
THE WORDS ALL CAME TO A STOP.
once upon a time a man
stole a life.
MMK
Why is it so damn hard for a woman to be alone?
Even Eve
had this:
Adam
didn't save her.
He didn't lead.
He let her go;
he let
her do that
awful deed
the one
for destruction,
the one
for hatred
for Eve
for ALL.
eternity.
She could have blamed him,
And he, her
With each to blame,
what lies they could weave
It was the beginning
and human nature.
They had each other.
But then
right then,
He still stood by her
into the very
fall
of the world,
He was right,
there,
though
it all seemed
to be
all her fault,
all
so i
This wonderful poem by otterandsky ( http://ottersandsky.deviantart.com/ ) is now on Overnight Lows: http://www.overnightlows.net/2008/09/wednesdays-words_17.html
:) Thanks for letting us post that, otterandsky!
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