You
aren’t like me
never
have, not at all
It’s
also true that you’ll never be
and
that’s a truth I’ll happily call
The
devil in a junkyard
His
henchmen out at play
creepers
lurking in the scars
scaring
the lightning bugs away
Bone
justice’s betrothed to us
Here
now we’ve been wed; forever joined in vows just bled
Never
strayed can we be, forever is not but a rhyming melody
What
began as lust, now owns my unrequited trust
I
don’t care about those painful words that they speak
I
ignore the lies; I damn their pain
You’re
the only one I’ll ever need; you’re all I’ve ever sought to seek
And
if the truth aches deep in you, we’ll damn it all and start anew
you
might strike fear within some,
seeing
the ghost that you’ve become,
but
I’ll never flee, I’ll never run
…and
yes, it is true
You
aren’t like me; you’ve never been and never will
For
I’m dead to life, or so they say,
And
you’re alive, living life through all I believe
A
spirit resting peacefully still
Hidden
from a world
Whose
truth
Only
you can truly see
Creepy, cool write! I really like that second stanza.
ReplyDeleteThis one just flowed right off the tongue as around your words lingered and hung. I took it more of one secluded to life through strife then an actual ghost supposedly dead. Just walking through life alive but no living it as they make all miserable around them.
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ReplyDeleteHis henchmen out at play
creepers lurking in the scars
scaring the lightning bugs away
haha i love that stanza and read it a few times cause it just has a cool feel...and the truth only you can see is a great line as well....
Fred! This is wonderful! A slightly different tone from you than I'm used to as well. Still all you though. LOVED it!
ReplyDeleteseeing the ghost that you've become, inspires an ocean of song in me.
ReplyDeletedevil in the junkyard, lightning bugs are too good for his ilk anyway.
Have a great artistic day, Fred!
xo
Hello Fred..I find your poem particularily arresting, affecting & strangly atmospheric, there's a static charge in its air..it's partly to do with what you don't say as much as what you do say..hmm tis a thing of beauty actually
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