Suffering the Burn
gripping numbness
ripples across my face,
infinite timed tears
burn through my skin,
glittering a fire
of unrivaled suffering
grief beyond measure
rips apart my psyche,
keening at a moonless sky
I am bereft of my star,
mourning an existence in pain
filled with belief of miracles
all is lost, stop the clock
mark the time, the name,
mine, pack my horses Pa
I'm on the long muster
an avalanche blocks
uncertain futures,
an effortless hope
once lied fingerless,
every rocket launch
failed to reach orbit
amounting to nought,
I am falling to earth
as the ash of ash,
the dust of dust
stumbling steps
will halt their gait
tearing eyes will dry,
the pain, the agony
in the heart of my soul
and body, will end
no words of sympathy
erase the inevitable,
no act or deed can halt
a steady march to death
when the breathes
that rise my chest, stop,
when I find a peace
in which I can eternally be,
this agony will have ceased
a horrendous burden lifted away
my one last regret
is to have seen
the power of love,
my deepest feelings
warmed in it's audience,
Yet nay, I've never felt
its eternal glory
I am a mother of miracles
loving them with every breath,
I have been a student
of breathtaking intellects,
observing absolute joy
in the ways of happiness
I've been witness
to the greatest of man,
and of terrifying evil
executing the knight's
Whole species
have altogether disappeared,
whole countries
crumbled under dictators
a chasm forms
writhing death,
screaming aches
clench and burn
tied to the stakes
I don't want to see anymore
grant me absolution
give me permission
to fly into the firmament
common sense, isn't quite
as common as it seems,
and true love is as rare
as rocking horse ****
I wasn't meant to be
this life wasn't for me,
I've wasted all my time
now I am lost in rhyme
yet, ever fearful
of a drought of words,
is to have never been
seen or even heard
talking to the father
unto him I pass my cares,
nary a sound or cry falls
to suffer with the fears
Time will regretfully arrive
to say adieu, to kiss you goodnight
that's not here yet my darlings
I'll can have infinities forevers,
granted true love finds life
mayday, mayday,mayday
I am crashing, in flames
SOS !! I am an inferno, yet,
in all this ? I still burn, to live
to arise alight a fire of love.
Copyright © Jayne Eggins | Year Posted 2016
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