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Luring the 'fearless'
The tips careening,
outwards to meet my cheek bones,
barbed words tilt them down.
How are those insults?
That you seek shelter behind,
luring the 'fearless'.
Hate is a kind word,
suffocated irony
and longing loathing.
Spitting out your fire
preaching of your proud war wounds,
The next victim wails.
How much you went through?
Yes, yes, of course we hear you...
what about 'us' ghosts?
Maybe you see red
you forced the blue down my throat.
Admit it? Pathetic.
You had it coming.
outwards to meet my cheek bones,
barbed words tilt them down.
How are those insults?
That you seek shelter behind,
luring the 'fearless'.
Hate is a kind word,
suffocated irony
and longing loathing.
Spitting out your fire
preaching of your proud war wounds,
The next victim wails.
How much you went through?
Yes, yes, of course we hear you...
what about 'us' ghosts?
Maybe you see red
you forced the blue down my throat.
Admit it? Pathetic.
You had it coming.
Published 13th Nov 2012
| Edited 15th Nov 2012
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21st Nov 2012 7:07pm
I like the text - but I feel that this is referencing something specific - maybe something personal - that I can't extract from the words alone. Would a little explanation help - or perhaps I'm just being particularly short-sighted today?
21st Nov 2012 7:24pm
No, no, not short sighted :) Sometimes I don't communicate things across effectively.
When I was writing this poem I was focusing on a constant source of negativity, that shelters behind their words, like a shield. They are blinded by the shield they hide behind and are rather self-centered, not realizing what they do to other people. The last line can be interpreted as anything, as failure or injury or karma.
Thank you for your comment :)
When I was writing this poem I was focusing on a constant source of negativity, that shelters behind their words, like a shield. They are blinded by the shield they hide behind and are rather self-centered, not realizing what they do to other people. The last line can be interpreted as anything, as failure or injury or karma.
Thank you for your comment :)
