Saturday, December 15, 2012

Shards of Mankind Broken


Nostalgia burns a fever
In the caustic river’s eye

Tidal boundaries shatter, flooding shores,
forcing debris to swim, well before it's learnt to drift

Ill-equipped thoughts addle. Matted wings resign to weight.  
Flailing, it all feels like flailing….  

The crows nest dangles. It's broken pole slivers.
Remnants linger upon distressful seas.

Venial thoughts are left to stew. Eventually weariness ripens.
The polished and hewn wilts alike.

Overwrought. Ambushed. Daylight is truncated. Evening falls to Stygian design….to those daring enough to dream.

Danger paints a dragnet from your plaster. Hunger feeds the gluttonous rill. Currents, replete with paroxysms, commiserate.

Tragedies offer casualties alone.  In such moments, mankind as a unity is shattered.  All we have is grief and mourning. 

And a river born from sorrow.




Addendum:

If you believe the vortices will calm their vehement swirl, I pray the shoreline shackle heel to sand.

If you believe absolution will quickly cast it's net, I fear that catch shall never breathe again beyond it's gnarled mesh.

If you fear that time will not heal such lacerations, I pray support is ever by your side.




4 comments:

  1. i really like your addendum fred....its like a prayer to me...a well wishing...there is def a river of sorrow flowing today...

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  2. Like this one a lot - esp this part

    Overwrought. Ambushed. Daylight is truncated. Evening falls to Stygian design

    'stygian' a favourite word...

    the river/water metaphor a strong force in this piece working well for you. Great read, painful too

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  3. Tragedies offer casualties alone. In such moments, mankind as a unity is shattered. All we have is grief and mourning. And a river born from sorrow.

    How very true, Fred! Tragedies break the very fabric that bonds relationships. Sorrows tend to slowly show itself encompassing all manner of life's happenings.

    Hank

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  4. Had to look a few words up this time with your chime, and yeah such senseless crap, with no reason to be given a lap, at least not a good one, under any sun. Liked the addendum addition too, adding that much more on cue.

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