David Kavanagh Poet Rhyme

Spectres Embrace

Why hate me 
when you despise,
I never get too much 
Why love me
when you can adore,
it’s great but not enough 

Why choke me 
with this addiction, 
have another cigarette 
Why kill me
you can watch me suffer, 
in glamorous death

Why bury me 
i’m already burning, 
blackness inside my chest
Why cover me 
with fentanyl patches, 
benign persuasion’s best 

Why leave me
when I don’t want you,
please stay by my side
Why remember me
between your dreams, 
in open space I reside

Indifferent to my ways
unable to keep, 
an open mind 
The spectre’s lost its spirit
all that’s left,
now walks behind  
Wanting my eyes 
but failed to embrace 
accepted then declined 


By
David Kavanagh

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Mystic Rose Rose December 9, 2021 at 3:50 AM wow your words are deed David, and the human weakness show us how much we can crave resist and refuse or accept. Enjoyed your poem today, :) David Kavanagh December 9, 2021 at 4:18 AM Thank you for the visit and kind comments Rose, the human condition is indeed very complex, the battle between our intelligence and instinct can be difficult and sometimes impossible to discern, I take a multifaceted approach here, to try circle a square, cheers David

Sotto Poet December 8, 2021 at 12:44 PM David, this is a magnificent poem. Writers frequently overlook the most fundamental issues. Many motives exist to destroy, despise, or abandon the endeavor. The human connection is initiated on these two pillars: Manage people how you want to be managed. Consider people how you wish to be considered. David Kavanagh December 8, 2021 at 1:31 PM Indeed Lasaad fundamental is the nature of my poem here, I try to visit reality on a very basic yet sometimes unprobed level, your insight is exceptional as it is sharp, thank you for such an understanding comment, cheers David

Jennifer Proxenos December 8, 2021 at 12:41 PM Nothing we can do about anything so why try at all. You are indeed a deep thinker Mr David Kavanagh. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer. David Kavanagh December 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Heya Jennifer, I do try write at a deep level, I sometimes look at life from the very fabric of reality, without influence or distraction, but I’m honestly not apostate, I believe some unseen force props up reality, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty December 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM The quintessential you have posed indeed David Why choose to Choke Hate Leave Bury Why not rather Do unto others Treat others the exact same way you wished to be treated yourself David Kavanagh December 7, 2021 at 2:36 PM A good interpretation thank you Christopher, I’ll leave this one open to the reader, do these cursed apparitions of life have only indifference to offer, perhaps some do, cheers David

Eve Roper December 7, 2021 at 2:12 PM Awfully painful write, David. Well done. David Kavanagh December 7, 2021 at 2:38 PM Heya Eve on the face of it, indeed painful, but sometimes the salve is just one of indifference, cheers David