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Twelve Maggots on a Rose Named Lilly
Into my dreams
You enter
Merely an onlooker
Fractured skies swallow
Sky scrappers whole
Children beg to go
To the gallow
I've seen corpses dancing
To circadian rhythm
I've seen the moon and sun
Intertwine their light
And leave blind the world whole
Grief is a tune
Sickly mice dance to
Open in their rejoice
To the overwhelming
Sadness
I've seen too many things
Twelve maggots on a rose
Named Lilly
A school turned to paint
Then splashed upon a sidewalk
I've seen icy lakes in summer
Pregnant police women
Chasing ghostly childhoods
With faces of love and bitterness
Twins conjoining
Then leaping
From a great bridge
I saw a newborn
Put out her eyes
For sight of this
Her mother sighed
With a timid relief
Lovers embrace atop
A mound of half-deads
Holding on to their
Final waking breath
Awaiting fates hand
To give them to death.
You enter
Merely an onlooker
Fractured skies swallow
Sky scrappers whole
Children beg to go
To the gallow
I've seen corpses dancing
To circadian rhythm
I've seen the moon and sun
Intertwine their light
And leave blind the world whole
Grief is a tune
Sickly mice dance to
Open in their rejoice
To the overwhelming
Sadness
I've seen too many things
Twelve maggots on a rose
Named Lilly
A school turned to paint
Then splashed upon a sidewalk
I've seen icy lakes in summer
Pregnant police women
Chasing ghostly childhoods
With faces of love and bitterness
Twins conjoining
Then leaping
From a great bridge
I saw a newborn
Put out her eyes
For sight of this
Her mother sighed
With a timid relief
Lovers embrace atop
A mound of half-deads
Holding on to their
Final waking breath
Awaiting fates hand
To give them to death.
Published 13th Jun 2018
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13th Jun 2018 3:45pm
wow, you have outdone yourself with this one. Such vivid imagery that it will stay with me for sure, haunting and most definitely some of the best poetry i've read recently.
14th Jun 2018 1:17am
I am glad to hear it will stick with you. I agree that I outdone myself, it was one of those poems that just spilled out, I wrote it in about ten minuets. I love it when that happens. Thank you so much for reading and for the RL add. Always appreciate you stopping by for a read!
~anonshadow
~anonshadow
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13th Jun 2018 5:03pm
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14th Jun 2018 1:16am
I would say morbid circus is a pretty good description, it was sort of based on some really weird dreams and grew from there. Thank you very much for stopping by and reading. I greatly appreciate it.
~anonshadow
~anonshadow
18th Jun 2018 10:48am
No surprise here brother...
your shade of dark
when you decided to pain Love with it
this will be the result
absolute gem of a piece
stunning in its effect
and to me
flawless in its depth and delivery!
gem. no brainer for an RL any day.
your shade of dark
when you decided to pain Love with it
this will be the result
absolute gem of a piece
stunning in its effect
and to me
flawless in its depth and delivery!
gem. no brainer for an RL any day.
22nd Jun 2018 8:46pm
Thank you very much for those kind words, cold, I appreciate you saying so.
~anonshadow
~anonshadow
15th Oct 2018 2:53pm
Wow, very stark and extremely deep.
Sad ,,, yes a lovely sadness...
I love this piece.
Jackie xx
Sad ,,, yes a lovely sadness...
I love this piece.
Jackie xx
15th Oct 2018 2:56pm
13th Feb 2019 9:23pm
17th Nov 2018 9:18am
Grief is a tune
Sickly mice dance to
Open in their rejoice
To the overwhelming
Sadness
brilliant!
Sickly mice dance to
Open in their rejoice
To the overwhelming
Sadness
brilliant!
13th Feb 2019 9:24pm
