Enemies won't spare those brave; by
opting seppuku, chose to die
never bothered.
Seppuku was not to commit,
‘twas to perform, ought to befit
ever honoured.
Event was part of more detail
ritual done outdoor; great tale
for rest to learn.
Performed before viewer to spread
the message for future; bloodshed
by best no spurn.
~*~*~
Note:: Seppuku sometimes known as hara-kiri, which is a native Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment.
It was originally reserved for Samurai.
Midnight to dawn, our instruments work;
Exploratory surgery on heart and mind;
Sharpened words slicing skin and nerve;
Poking, prodding, invading, always bleeding.
Tissue splits, guts spill, the heart hemorrhages;
The most vulnerable specialists, we are terminal;
In dark corners, we write our eulogies in rhymes,
Red neon on silver canvas, ancient marquee signs.
We welcome strangers and friends into our dens,
An impetuous invitation to a desperate bloodletting,
Or for the most morose poet, a public disembowelment;
Our pretty pen dancing, piercing a hemorrhaging heart.
Drop Zone
(contest entered “Make their jaws drop”)
Singing and her little jaw dropping and closing for tune and
amazing melodies enchanting the maize to mature
Fatima was herding the sheep after school
beautiful a child of nature innocent humming
Just one animal at a time nurtured wandering
wondering slaughtered sacrificed in time for food
when water would come for the garden and soul
the thunder approaching bringing gifts droplets of growth
Heaven ignited a lullaby combusting when explosive torrents descended
liquefied imprinted her little mind again and once more
The bombs brought tears and fears desolation
fire shrapnel on impact from Gods of greed and exploitation
Fatima’s tune and prayers stopped in time for sheepish
scattering shattering bleeding disembowelment
Her jaw dropped one final time when the bones crushed
and she and her dismembered jaw fell to the ground
27th May 2016
Mind's thinking ever watchful,
ever wary conceiving
conspiracy behind
lies spewed for consumption
to calm
to placate
to wait
for twenty years to pass
and Truths then revealed
after many deaths and
the passing voyeur vanished.
Mental disembowelment
requiring a surrendered
collective consciousness
to numb
to deny
to writhe
as the next tempest arises
unconcerned with
integrity or history or
the voyeur who reappears
and sneers
as the loss of innocence
consumes a mind thinking.
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