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ugly thing
this ugly thing, hideous in its
fool's dream, marked for death
in suicidal consent, sinking in itself
and finding nothing but its own crushing weight,
fantasies of no gravity keep it firm,
eternally stupid, it will do anything but break,
depraved at heart, beauty comes to it
only to be molested, forsaken, and bled
to a pale shell of foreign disgust,
honor to its rapist, in love with its murder,
it can never fall apart
and can never be free
fool's dream, marked for death
in suicidal consent, sinking in itself
and finding nothing but its own crushing weight,
fantasies of no gravity keep it firm,
eternally stupid, it will do anything but break,
depraved at heart, beauty comes to it
only to be molested, forsaken, and bled
to a pale shell of foreign disgust,
honor to its rapist, in love with its murder,
it can never fall apart
and can never be free
Published 3rd Sep 2018
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Anonymous
3rd Sep 2018 9:32pm
Lyrically, this is one of the best poems on depression that I’ve read. There’s this introspection and rhythm that reminds me a lot of the style of Rilke.
Sometimes I think poems about depression try too hard to explain, where as this just is in some bizarre state of outside calmness. An observer to the horror of it.
I honestly think this is a triumph. Thank you for sharing.
-M
Sometimes I think poems about depression try too hard to explain, where as this just is in some bizarre state of outside calmness. An observer to the horror of it.
I honestly think this is a triumph. Thank you for sharing.
-M
Anonymous
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4th Sep 2018 1:01pm
This is the sharpest piece of poetry I've read for a while. Totally dug the image and of one sinking in itself. Solid observations. Thought maybe "no gravity to hold it firm" could work instead of "keep" and perhaps lose the "it" in the line "eternally stupid; will do anything but break". Only suggestions, but not necessary changes. Bloody awesome write anyway.
