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Published: 2016-03-05 18:33:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1164; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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Description I wake
in mourning
working
on the end.

each blade of body
greys like cedar
brittles
in their
marrow

the eyes
become
dimensionless
never weep
from their sleep

years
digress
between
sun salutations

the gut
grows
tempestuous
with a cruel child’s
shame

yet god, buddha,
or the last aching
deity

offers up a salve
at our Mass of the Unnamed:
deadnettle
for regret
in the early grave
of March.
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Comments: 10

Lunulae [2016-09-09 13:15:10 +0000 UTC]

The staccato nature of this piece doesn't undermine the flowing rhythm in the least.

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spoems In reply to Lunulae [2016-09-10 17:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm always trying to explore new relationships between line breaks and thought breaks and how those apply to flow and form.  Sometimes I fail and sometimes perhaps not.

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CrescentNubila [2016-03-06 18:14:42 +0000 UTC]

It makes you wonder if there's more to life than just slaving away almost every day. What a mess humanity has made of life.
I just can't see how people say that "life is good" with all this crap. Life is stupidly hard, what about it is all that good? (Even if there are brief good moments.... I emphasize 'brief'.)

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spoems In reply to CrescentNubila [2016-03-07 21:58:55 +0000 UTC]

There is certainly much more to life, as our methods of obtaining food and shelter in modern society are simply constructs we all agree upon.  It is within any individual's power to modify their paradigm. My outlook and motivation for this poem involve more than just dealing with the monotony of going to work.  It is the monotony of having a past and divining a future and finding a way to stay present in the moment that proves most difficult for me, personally. 

Thanks for reading.

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CrescentNubila In reply to spoems [2016-03-09 17:29:57 +0000 UTC]

I'm also talking about the monotony of every day existence. But you are right about everyone having the power to modify their paradigm.

You're welcome in any case.

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BlackBowfin [2016-03-06 16:53:55 +0000 UTC]

I've been having one of those years too.

I had to look up "deadnettle".  I really like how its built into this piece.

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spoems In reply to BlackBowfin [2016-03-07 21:54:14 +0000 UTC]

Sorry to hear your year seems similar to this. Thanks for stopping by!

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BlackBowfin In reply to spoems [2016-03-19 16:47:27 +0000 UTC]

Had to crank up my work game, this year.  Doing new things- interesting, but sometimes doesn't leave much of me intact enough to enjoy the present moment..... and you're welcome.

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nightshade-keyblade [2016-03-06 00:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Sure sounds like it. The poem even sounds tired.

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spoems In reply to nightshade-keyblade [2016-03-06 05:42:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for reading.  I appreciate it.

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