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her poem, in which she refutes my love
(‘wait, wait!’ she says. but the thunder roars, & the sea
makes its wrath upon crushing waters, & he cannot hear…)
I take from you what I can.
we are so far from the mythical beach that we walked upon,
under the villainous rain that drenched our simple clothes,
until they became merely vapors that seared our skin.
did I touch you then, did you hold me?
I poet to drag out the wayward mercenary that broods drunk in my
gut, let him drift in lurid details, dance to sad songs on broken
records. expose him to public humiliation or rebuttal or, in the
eyes of the rare woman who wants to embrace him because he’s
so f*cking ‘vulnerable,’ to love or something like it.
I made the fire that beguiles in the nearness of your own: the fire
that burns in your heart. & I brought you all things unholy.
these threnodies you compose. these elegies to love; love as
you perceive it. would you have me in silence & tears?
I have no tongue then. no soliloquy of tears.
I know you. I know you’ve always wanted a hero to slay the beasts
that still torment you. but who would rush into the dragon’s den?
who, but a knight…
(Art: John Waterhouse)
Published 25th Jul 2016
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25th Jul 2016 11:37pm
Who but a man with no bounds but to say it, to display it, plain, and suffer whatever comes for the fear of wasted time and unsatisfied years? Glorious. Thanks, you.
26th Jul 2016 00:42am
26th Jul 2016 00:43am
John you're poetry is constantly evolving this left me feeling hurting for her no knight in her poet to slay her dragons unless I'm reading it wrong..
no matter the case stunningly brilliant poetry..
love Crim
no matter the case stunningly brilliant poetry..
love Crim
26th Jul 2016 1:12am
Johnny!
I'm Gobsmacked!
You are so beautiful!!!❤️
Your perspective, your pain, your talent kills me a little everytime
I read from you.
I adore your mind heart and soul brother ❤️
Stunning poem ripped from your heart...
Loved this
((((((((( Johnny Rotten)))))))))))❤️❤️
Just lovely on so many levels...
Love
Jackie xoxox❤️❤️
I'm Gobsmacked!
You are so beautiful!!!❤️
Your perspective, your pain, your talent kills me a little everytime
I read from you.
I adore your mind heart and soul brother ❤️
Stunning poem ripped from your heart...
Loved this
((((((((( Johnny Rotten)))))))))))❤️❤️
Just lovely on so many levels...
Love
Jackie xoxox❤️❤️
26th Jul 2016 6:15am
You could truly get your writes in book form
I'd buy without hesitation 😊
Fine words all of them with accompanied pictures
Each telling a story
I'd buy without hesitation 😊
Fine words all of them with accompanied pictures
Each telling a story
these threnodies you compose. these elegies to love; love as
you perceive it. would you have me in silence & tears?
I have no tongue then. no soliloquy of tears.
This says so much,John....
Amazing. And the atrwork is beautiful
you perceive it. would you have me in silence & tears?
I have no tongue then. no soliloquy of tears.
This says so much,John....
Amazing. And the atrwork is beautiful
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26th Jul 2016 8:07am
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26th Jul 2016 3:32pm
There are rarer women still who actually love the dragon,
and have no desire he be slain. But, rather, learn to live
in peace and harmony with the depths and darkness of the cave.
Beautiful write, John. Love Waterhouse.
and have no desire he be slain. But, rather, learn to live
in peace and harmony with the depths and darkness of the cave.
Beautiful write, John. Love Waterhouse.
26th Jul 2016 10:44pm
You might be a wayward soldier of fortune but she would perceive you as a knight. Your mails's rusted but you still have heroic potential, and a mercenary might be just the man for the job. No saints in shining armor around here.
27th Jul 2016 5:40am
I made the fire that beguiles in the nearness of your own: the fire
that burns in your heart. & I brought you all things unholy. " love that...Wonderfully Woven Tapestry John..i really enjoyed!!!
that burns in your heart. & I brought you all things unholy. " love that...Wonderfully Woven Tapestry John..i really enjoyed!!!
28th Jul 2016 5:44am
Tilting at windmills - what's a knight to do
"Soliloquy of tears" - great write JF
"Soliloquy of tears" - great write JF
28th Jul 2016 3:26pm
I felt like the woman being challanged why I should rather than the opposite. Like asking me to explain what I felt when agaist all reasons, I still do. Crap! Dunno if I made any sense at all.
