It menaces me,
Built on broken brick
And creakingly;
It rhymes its rack-and-ruin rise
To the hope in my glacé eyes,
Stares dauntless-on,
Dares down my desires,
Shadow-mires all I’ve found.
It folds and flakes
And crumble-falls
Until every dream is razed and ravaged dolls
On a war-caked mound of remnant walls.
There, I set the cloth
And pour the tea—
As its hammer
Chisels the chair in me.
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There is simplicity and beauty in that chair 🙂
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I’ve long believed that simplicity is the very essence of beauty, Raili…thank you for keeping me company!
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“a war-caked mound of remnant walls”
This line is a wake up call. It answers the question
of what this planet will be if the human race doesn’t
change its ways.
I so much enjoy the writing on this blog. Only time keeps
me from writing an essay on each poem I’ve read.
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Thank you, SM! I’m grateful for both your time and words. What you say is unfortunately, yet hope-invigoratingly, true. This piece attempts to speak on multiple levels; that is, what could serve as an indictment of the world, on the whole of humanity, is also a dropped gavel for the singular heart. While heartache is universal and often a wage paid unto large, impersonal, self-interested (or short-sighted) groups or governments, it is also a very uniquely personal and often transformative battle (sometimes for the worse than better). We’ve all had, at points in our lives, a heart condition that has come close to killing to us. We are shaped by those engagements: how we choose to pick our fights, weaponize our thoughts and words, assess the internal damage and gauge the value of continued treaty, or walk away woundedly from a broken love. This short poem is meant to reflect on the nature and aftermath of heartache, across the scale, with both regret and hope simultaneously. For me, it’s a very polished mirror.
Thank you again for stopping by. Your company is both a smile and a comfort, SM…
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