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For Sara Jama Contest ~ Kaleidoscope of Emotional Suffering
Kaleidoscope of Suffering
Trust bleeds as a future forger,
created by sinister seeds
of the satanic sun
and poisoned pearls
of the malignant moon,
an infectious inflammation
blurring the vulnerable
voice of inner vessels, with verses
circling in ruby-smoked redness…
I rise exhausted, remorsefully
consumed in self-inflicted pain,
burning to feel the night choke
the last rites of hope ~
that the poetic pulse of the dusk
insidiously fingered
like a doleful dreamscape,
dotted with dark skin
of an elegiac requiem,
into this cracked conscience ~
for these scars of thinning light
serenade scented illusions,
as if every pause between
potent promises
were an augural omen
of an inevitable inconvenience.
I have been drowning in the seething
sea of an incurable illness,
a kaleidoscope of emotional suffering,
while this onyx heart
refuses the rhythm
of gothic romanticism,
and love is but a rainbow-colored rose
breathing in a crystal-kohl casket,
longing to be free from fears
and passionate threats of desire…
Tonight, I summon you,
my cosmic flame, O angel
who heralds the Lion’s Gate,
where Sirius sears
like the golden chains
of heaven and hell-tides,
to break me and teach me
how the loyalty of love
erases all depths of doubt.
I have known nothing but
the exhilarating path
to heal along the highways
where hurt runs in acceleration,
speeding through the streets
soaked in stressed syllables
of missteps stumbling over
ragged roads cemented in confusion ~
madness merged with mistrust,
weaponizing wounds with words
that cut like claymore flames…
So wander amidst weariness,
seduce me with mosaic metaphors,
walk me through
the cemetery of uncertainty
to reveal an eternity
carved with bones ~
unfamiliar with betrayal.
Bury the ghosts of raven thorns,
silence the cryptic ceremonial
bells ringing with paranoia,
reveal to me a translucent twilight
that speaks no dialect of deceit,
and let your skies hold no other
but my ink,
swathed in velvet r
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