flavor of remorse

I am blurred
lines circling
in spirals
into the 
deadly depths 
of darkness

taste of 
my remorse 
is flavored 
with seasoned
cream cocktails
of regrets

I've been
caught on a
honed knife edge 

as cobwebs 
of fading 
onyx Dreams 
savor burnt
poisoned thirst
to let go
of every
smoke and ash
that blinded
my senses
from seeing
the dirt you've 
fed my soul
in the name
of bloodlines 
that never
existed
as all your
recipes
I've learnt through
the menu
of decayed
white lies served 
in sweet disguise
staining faith 
within a
heart shaped void
where demons
devour me
through midnight

now I'm my 
own savior
concocting
an essence
to relish
and revive
without 
iron schemes
to shackle me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Ricci Avatar
December 4, 2023 at 2:27 AM
Empress Empress Empress. Good Morning. Is there no end to your skilled talent. I found this extraordinary to the eye and ear. Never did you stray from your brilliant title. I read the entry twice to soak it in. To say your entry defines poetry and poeticness is pale but yes it does. You do free verse proud. This is an entry to be read out loud slowly with emphasis and feeling. Thank you for sharing your skilled talent. Peace and Blessings always to you and your poetic pen. (smile)
Hind Avatar
December 1, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Whatever you're going through, I'm sorry... this was an agony to read. I also like the line "staining faith within a heart shaped void where demons devour me through midnight" very deep.
Pandit Avatar
December 1, 2023 at 5:23 AM
of decayed white lies served in sweet disguise staining faith within a heart shaped void--splendid vocabulary my friend.
One Avatar
December 1, 2023 at 3:53 AM
If you be my sinner, you'll be my winner... dark and deep poetry is something you do very well.. I have to be careful how I write as people seems to think my style is like yours... lol... you always had a unique way with words to express pain, you seem to be in pain whilst writing this one... The flavour of your remorse sounds bitter and salty.. hmmm... its always those closest to us that hurt us the most...
Seeker Avatar
December 1, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Strong emotions on display here, IE. Powerful
Culverhouse Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 11:46 PM
powerful feelings of torment IE, coctails of regret one of many great lines
Dietrich Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Love this with the shorter lines. Very cool, Empress.
Rhymes Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Amazing …
Onpaper Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Ooo that verse!!!blurred lines circling in spirals into the deadly depths of darkness..love an eerie alliteration!! smoke and ash that blinded my senses from seeing the dirt you've fed my soul… Mmmmmm the strength that is waiting to burst out through that line !!! I've learnt through the menu of decayed white lies served in sweet disguise staining faith.. oooooo child !!! You swept me off my feet!!! concocting an essence to relish and revive without iron schemes to shackle me..papi! amazing
Silence Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 9:49 PM
I will always be drowning in your insane flow with all your poems, this one has me at edge..the diction and imagery and the deep feels that hits right in the gut is truly phenomenal, my beautiful soul sis. So mesmerizingly divine. “As cobwebs of fading onyx dreams savor burnt poisoned thirst to let go of every smoke and ash that blinded my senses”..the whole verse has me so profoundly struck! I resonate so deeply with it, like you’re speaking my soul language..and the end, as always, so..
Silence Avatar
November 30, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Empowering, exuding a strength in the escape of chains that bind us to the dark, to break free and fly above all that tries to weigh us down..it’s such a breath of fresh air reading and feeling the freedom of your words that my own mind is shackled to. I’m truly awestruck by your brilliant masterpiece, my soul sis!
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