Reverence

Reverence



I see you in the mirror, I see all three of you looking back,
  I see all the hate and void tidied in perfect little stacks...

I feel presumptuous fingers running,  tips brush skin and,
  I feel six penetrating eyes, but only two cold damp hands...

I taste my iron flushed saliva, as blood runs my bitten tongue,
  I taste the bass echoed hollow, from the screams my throat sung...

I hear judgments as shadows laugh and dance in primal screams,
  I hear my rages whistling kettle as my sanity tears its seams...

I know that chances come at costs, coincidences have consequences,
  I know this reflection, lost, mouthing these words in silent sentences...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 4/27/2016 11:13:00 PM
Hi Brian, Congrats on your fine couplet win. LINDA
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Brian Davey
Date: 4/28/2016 3:30:00 AM
Thank u Linda
Date: 4/15/2016 9:11:00 AM
Brian, I loved the imagery and the usage of words that flowed well...congrats on your placement and thank you for being a part of my contest...:)-luloo
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Brian Davey
Date: 4/28/2016 3:28:00 AM
Thank you so much for a wonderful contest Laura
Date: 1/13/2016 7:24:00 PM
This poem is the perfect example of couplet lines. Love the rhyme and flow.. Love SKAT
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Brian Davey
Date: 1/16/2016 12:24:00 AM
Thank you I am not very will educated on what type of poems there are but have been learning a lot since joining The Soup
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