If I were a zombie
I would definitely eat your brain
Not because I wish you pain
But because I’m consumed by jealousy
I want to be just like you
Act just like you
Think just like you
Have your brillant brain in me
Be able to understand what you see
If I were a zombie
I would eat your brain
Is this a part of my insanity ?
I don’t want to be plain
I don’t want to die in vain
Please, let me have your identity
You open your mouth
And my breath comes out
My heart spilled on your chest
I know what happens next
Fingers intertwine
I’ll let you blur the line
We’ve synced our hand watches, our breathes,
Our time and upward motions
Our souls whisper and kiss
Linguistics meet their stand in
Looks and tells, a longing, dripping cheeks
A hum, a nod, a wink to God
Publicly known words replaced with privately-owned sounds
So as not to water down
What’s already been found
‘For the message is foolishness to those who are perishing’
All valuable things are done in secret
Secret tongues, intertwine
I’ll let you blur the line
We’re getting by,
year by moment
Unblinded and defiant, I asked you to carve your name into my skin
I’m under the covers, inside your chest
Blood pumps and beats,
Whispering vows breath-soft in morse code
You’re always running a beat behind mine
I am consumed by solitude becoming one with nature
Waiting consumed her
It ate at her insides
She was miserable even
when not in line
The dread of the next wait-in-line
overwhelmed her
Her senses shut down today
No shopping trip tomorrow
Last night was no different
I cried myself to sleep again
I haven't fallen asleep peacefully
Since cannot remember when
My broken heart it pains me
And I can't keep the tears away
Maybe my heart will heal soon
But today will not be that day
I'm empty without your love
Im left feeling barren inside
It's not just a broken heart
It's a part of my soul that died
Maybe I loved you more
Then I could ever show
I believe I may love you
More than even I know
Know im lonely without you
I'm clinging to your memory
I think it makes this worse
I've been consumed by misery
The day you left, a shadow fell,
No word, no truth, just prison's hell.
She claimed your life, a cruel decree,
"Power of attorney," for all to see.
While slumber held, she crept unseen,
Your room a tomb, a plundered scene.
A stolen key, a silent thief,
My hidden goods, a bitter grief.
"Thief!" you cried, a twisted blame,
As she, the vulture, fueled the flame.
The Malibu, a fiery plight,
The Jeep, your gift, vanished in the night.
Stolen again, a burning fate,
My anger grew, a bitter hate.
She took my love, a cruel deceit,
Revenge ignited, a burning heat.
The Hummer blazed, a fiery plea,
A rat, a gift, for all to see.
Her terror born, a chilling sound,
A taste of justice, on sacred ground.
The floor is consuming me conspicuously,
While I'm staring at the ceiling ridiculously.
I can't move, no matter how hard I try,
Paralyzed, I feel; I can't deny.
I'm screaming and gasping and dying and crying,
Panting and trying. Yes, trying.
I try, I do, trust me, I'm trying.
I'm alive, but I'm dead.
Maybe it's all in my head.
It's contagious, like lead.
There's an uneasy, hollow pit in me
That won't let me be.
It's haunting me everywhere,
Ruining every smile I share.
It's getting so heavy to bear,
Insufferable, its silent shriek
Conveys the world as bleak.
There's no self;
Nothing matters.
You think I need help?
What's the point? Everything shatters.
My face is as blank as a canvas, crisp and pale.
Tears articulating art, flawed and frail.
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.
Thinking how all those weeks went by so fast; now long in past.
Cry alone for how we are so far apart; we may fall apart.
Lonely 'cause I miss somebody; whom I love more than I love me.
Totally engulfed in a book a movie or etc that captivates our inner senses
In the shadows, hides a
mind swollen full of pain and emptiness.
Dark thoughts consume my soul.
I'm sure not to show it, when others are looking.
My held high,smiles to hide the horrible feelings I have inside.My heart drowning in despair.Days turn into night's meditation nope not for me, medication yes please.Cant handle my loved ones being taken from me. It's a punishment I do believe when the darkness consumed me.
I feel the agony
Crawling up my legs
Gnawing at my arms
Ripping into me
Trying to take over
I fight and fight
Till the pain grows
Never stopping as it eats away at me
Ripping through me.
Many might believe
It’s simple to be consumed
that it’s quick and painless
but I know the feeling.
The sickening feeling of being devoured and consumed by the righteous,
But come to think of it,
I preferred the darkness more.
What have you taken away?
A smothering indistinctness of pain as thoughts darken.
Once we enjoyed innocence, untainted and open.
But, your love perished.
A vengeful vision of bitterness-
Memories follow darkness , follow pain,
Love forgotten.
In a haze or sorrow, I reject you.
Consumed
I remember in poverty,
eating ramen noodles,
daily.
Beans and Weenies.
Meatless sauce
spaghetti.
Rice, Rice, Rice,
without any real
spice.
Bologna Sandwiches.
Hamburger Helper
mixes.
Fried Spam,
and all kinds of meat,
canned.
Hot Dogs on a stick,
burnt to a
crisp.
Catfish from the creek,
yellow belly
meat.
Milwaukee’s Best.
Another broken
promise.
The cheapest smokes.
Always gotta have
those.
Colon cancer, Rectal cancer,
lungs and
brain.
A hole too deep,
at least six
feet.
Same old hole,
no matter where you
grow.
Those totally consumed with self
don’t view the world through humane eyes.
Ambition is not wrong, they feel.
To strive to reach the top is wise.
True narcissism goes beyond
mere drive to have the best in life.
It smothers all esteem of others*
and blinds them to another’s strife.
For those who worship self and gain,
it takes a great catastrophe
or else, for some, a still small voice*
to shake them so the truth they’ll see.
With ego shorn and now reborn,
the rescued start to see the light.
Their love for others resurrects.*
They help the challenged in their plight.
They still want to acquire the best,
but self is not their lone concern.
To be supreme in our own eyes
is simply wrong. This, all should learn.
entered in the Ego Shorn Here Now Reborn Poetry Contest
Received NA on July 14, 2022
December 3, 2022
Contest: Writing Challenge-X'd Poems Second Chance Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance LaFrance Placed 1st
As much as I have tried to let you go, I just can't.
I consumed drugs & alcohol to give my soul an implant.
Don't worry I decided a long time ago, to just leave you be.
For I would not want to be forced, if my heart disagreed.
The hardest thing is not forgetting what my heart thought was true.
But being utterly consumed by someone I thought I knew.
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