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Ulan At Sinag Ng Araw: Pagmumuni Ng Isang Tulirong Isip

my head touches the pillow as gentle rain lulls me and i just want to s i n k into the sheets, fold into myself, ….be forgotten, immerse myself with the raindrops and blend in— washed out, washed away, be a mere globule in those floodwaters and once it recedes, let me be --bleached by sunlight scrub a w a y my darkness, let that vast spectrum of light assault it let those rays shine No. make that, glare-- into my outer and inner beings, highlighting each of my flaws— (--can’t you see?— --tell me, is it not amidst sunlight that you see all those dust particles floating about? air may seem invisible, but it's not invincible think. Again. --those countless, innumerable nano flaws) let those rays burn through me, forcing melanocytes to aggregate into multiple nevi --flaws manifested— then after the Sun has done its part, allow pieces of me to evaporate, to condense, to sublimate,,,, I ramble, on and on ...,and on droning, groaning like the hardened ground, as, it’s, pierced, by, rain daggers, (but unlike it, the petrichor that I release fails to invigorate me --the reason behind this escapes me) Drench,,,,, everything!!!!!!! !!!!! unleash,,,,, ravage !!!!! then devastate!!!!! simply: R e l. e a s e all that chaos within then after all that, revel in the silence ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,, , and so I simply lie down on my pondering senti.mental stool- the overthinker, the wandering fool Cut through me, Rain, --be my salve Burn deep inside me, Sunlight, --then heal my tatteredness --------rain and sunlight: lingering thoughts of a loopy, sighing, mind-----

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Date: 10/19/2017 10:38:00 PM
Oh my, this is wonderful, and I have felt, (and written about), very similar feelings, ("Descent", "Autumn Atonement, others) ... I adore this, and have to fav it! Superb write! Blessings! :-)
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Date: 7/19/2016 10:29:00 AM
Very unique write. I LOVED this!
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Date: 6/20/2016 6:25:00 PM
Came to check your Tanka after seeing comments on Charlotte's blog...I was thinking you could do something about the negative charge in the electron in the last line. I know a dumb thought...lol
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Kabuteng P.Ink K.
Date: 6/21/2016 11:32:00 AM
Hi Tim! Thank you for your suggestion, I'll keep this in mind-- who knows? Maybe I can write a different version & work your suggestion in and nope, not dumb at all...
Date: 6/18/2016 6:10:00 PM
i had to track down the author of this one! lol just to let you know that i really liked it, but all sorts of weird things happened in this contest, and by the time this was entered i already had the maximum number of winners that i was allowed, but i was impressed with this - i loved the leaves as "excited electrons"; just maybe would've tweaked that last line a bit
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Date: 6/18/2016 8:53:00 PM
Hello, Charlotte :) -- it truly means a lot to me that you went out of your way to comment on my write, it's so thoughtful of you... I really wanted to write for your tanka when I saw you posted it, but next thing I know, it had closed. So imagine my delight to see it re-open! I enjoyed writing this one, admittedly, that "excited electrons" line just jumped out (haha) at me. Oops, my geeky side came out a bit. As for the last line, I also struggled(ing) with that. Again, thank you for the inspiration from your contest :).
Date: 6/2/2016 7:51:00 AM
Only you can bring across the conflicting emotions in this unique way Missy.. I sincerely hope you have found time to relax by now because I know how hectic things have been. Ps: I love this write of yours. You know I get where this is coming from! *hugs*
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Kabuteng P.Ink K.
Date: 6/2/2016 12:19:00 PM
Thank you very much, Missy-- ugggh, actually I am kinda relaxing now, why I am still able to?? Because those days are truly almost gone??? Hectic and stressful days are here to stay, eep... mwahugs
Date: 5/24/2016 11:29:00 AM
Wow, Nikko, this is deeper than some, and it's one of the poems I like to read more than once, to make sure I'm 'catching' what the writer (you) are expressing. It seems that you, (like I do myself), dissects every emotion and holds it not only metaphorically, but physically, inside myself, until I don't know if I'm happy, sad, crazy, depressed, or as normal as everyone else. You are hard on yourself, so I think this expresses that too. A terrific poem, by the way! :)
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Kabuteng P.Ink K.
Date: 5/25/2016 10:13:00 AM
Hi Carrie :) Thank you so much for reading and commenting here, it's so nice of you to drop by. I always find it so interesting how others perceive my writes, and I like what you say here-- somehow, you are able to capture, voice out some things that I wasn't able to fully express in this write.
Date: 5/19/2016 8:54:00 PM
Gosh, it's surreal but in a very interesting way, Nikko. Like dissecting your poor body!! Also I know you have been so stressed out, so these images that come to you are due to that. It's also GREAT free verse writing. What i loved was that wry way of saying at the end then get back to me. OH MY. It speaks volumes.
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Date: 5/25/2016 10:15:00 AM
Hi Andrea! You also give me another interesting perspective, thank you very much for dropping by and saying what you say here! I was thinking this might be a tad graphic, if one were to really try and imagine this? I'm glad you likes that last line, and I'm glad I added that and it's a pleasure for me to read you, I'm sorry I haven't been able to read much of your poems anymore...
Date: 5/19/2016 8:50:00 PM
so glad you came to see my mountains of madness poem, sweet Nikko. and Now I have a poem of yours I can read!!!
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