Teardrops dreaming, atop welled eyes,
Gently purging repressive scorn
Unable to accept the authored lies
Blind forgiveness, buried in denial’s plot
Broken heartstrings, repair its chord
Yet ire’s hidden beneath the clots
Poppy lids and puffed smiles
Caress the scabs; tally the score
Despite plain-view, rebuilds take a while
Love’s piercing song,
Thrust through skin, reaches the core
Sideways shifting short to long,
Love’s daggered song,
A craving misery yearned for
Hearts in mend stagger strong
Bruise atop bruise
Sword upon sword
Useless and used
From blade to hilt
An ethos of lore
Denial morphs to guilt
Heart's Excavation
Pulsing forth
A hollow Renovation
Was trying to figure out which piece to include for D'verse and their Open Link Night tonight. I have 10 poems I've yet to post and I tend to really, really like about 5 of them, so the decision wasn't easy. I've noticed that whenever I go on a writing spree, perhaps a dozen or so in a day, I get about a 50% like rate. The other 50% isn't necessarily bad, just a lot of repetition of theme etc.. Sometimes I'll save em' for later or just go ahead and post an entire day of themed pieces. If the pieces are just bad, I will either save for future redesign or off to the dungeon they go.
Anyhow, I chose this piece for the OLN because it has a few things going on in here. It started as a song, it's one of my rare pieces that completely follow a definite form/structure and well, it sounded pretty good when I read it aloud. See everyone over at the pub, I believe the doors open at 3pm.
