PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

passages only so dark are able to ride me to speak

through the careless ink of this pen

their havoc they reek

set aside to a point I, in turn plague their path

until the hysteria starts to settle

I then pilfer through the detached aftermath

my intention is brutal

putting to page all that is surprising

writing and still furiously writing

yet never realizing

the full price of the ride

nor the consequence of such toll

cutting still deeper into the more innocent side

of self

without forfeiting the end goal

the yet dusted diamond of rough brilliance

labeled often as too strange

I present her now to you

as best this mere mental secretary can arrange

with these glistening garnet guts laid wide open

and shining like the true old pennies of copper

receive what it is that I take so unselfishly to

offer

torn but necessary ribbons of myself.............

(Aug. 29, 1995)