A Letter To Myself

A Letter to Myself



Should I give up writing
Seems all this bleating and wailing
Bemoaning this lot of love
I am allocated to feel
But never touch

Should I stop showing the world
Such a pitiful and pathetic face
As it twists and grapples
Dug in my heart
With its suffocating blade
Of aloneness

Where I am lost

When are the fluorescing lines
Of my gratitude
What are my words praises to love
With this eternal gift
Floating me in the fires
Of hot air balloons
But still gut wrenches out my soul
In this separation

“Come on,” I tell myself
What wrapped delight have I known more
I should be proud of my hunger
Feed it with all the imagined embraces
Just for her

More a rock I should
Than this wet dripping weak kneed flannel be

More colourful and joyous
In my need
In deliverance believes

Faith it should be
For the ever bonded
To such a fate
Allows my love to consume me
Her heart so tender
Must needs better of me
Than this whimpering sop
Who’s begging and pleading
Has no real foundation in my bones

More eloquent is she
More rapturous  
Than the blazing anthologies of Isis
The hymn and rhythm of her
Calls to me 
Shout of exultant
Piercing forever’s follicle
Permeable
She saturates

More a kin to glory I should be
More humbled
And less bent to paupers knee
To lift her ankle
And kiss her feet

Rather I should not
Die so
But 
Live
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Eckiwaudah Avatar
June 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM
a beautiful heart felt write
Chircop Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 7:42 AM
a letter to yourself with a love letter message straight from the heart-beautiful--charma
Riley Avatar
May 28, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Good emotion and imagery in the letter to yourself. I think we all have moments of weekness, we need to lean on someone sometime. I can relate to having always be the one that is strong. Interesting read, good message, good work, keep on writing Judy Riley
Shango Avatar
May 28, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Sir poet, young poets are born from their grief ... love unrequited makes their existential precarious ... and awaken for the first time many consciousness to open their universal voice and sing against the pain ... so you will write despite the babies weeping at the muse breast ... you will drink your milk from the moon's loveliness ... and share its joy. Bravo!
Winter Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Never stop. Each revealing poem is something new. Emotion is a power, your words sculpt like clay, creating masterpiece after masterpiece. Even this feeling, being way too hard on yourself, is so beautiful. She makes you constantly try to be better, when you already are. You are caught in it, and don't see that part, but it is true. Don't stop the truth from flowing through your pen. Love, Shar
Adeite Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 10:20 AM
yeah you should not Die so But Live and please don't quit writing. you are one of the many stars I RESPECT so much on poetrysoup, this piece is awesome! … keep your passionate pen walking and working on your poetry pad. Great you! love. 'LEKE
Reynolds Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Colin, I am so sorry you are hurting; this longing is just horrible, but it sure does make for excellent poetry. sorry, I am an eternal optimist. :) love, Kristin
Devonshire Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Artists should never be reluctant to show the world their "pitiful and pathetic" faces, Colin. The emotion you show in your writes is what makes them so powerful. Your poem allows the reader to "feel" what you are feeling. Beautifully written, Colin! Love, Carolyn
Megens Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM
COLIN MAYBE IM BLIND BUT THIS IS THE FIRST POEM OF YOURS I READ THAT YOU SEEM SOOOO HURT AND TRAMATIZED (DID I SPELL IT RIGHR?)LOL YOU ARE AN AZAZING POET AND ALL THAT PAIN WILL ONE DAY GO AWAY TRUST ME I KNOW GREAT PIECE MY FRIEND
Higgins Avatar
May 27, 2009 at 5:13 AM
This is a strong letter my friend....your words are smoking.
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