Poem: Re: Lapses [amateur]

[Mind-Melt]

Inspired by Spinkle. My favorite BL poet.

Re: Lapses

from the top of the day
until i sleep
the difference between
a coward and me
is nothing more
than a pledge to the meek
that eagerly gives my
strength to the weak

when nothing more
remains to see
except statues and portraits
damned to be "free"
like the bird in a cage
and those left to bleed
in the eyes of the fallen
who're damned by their greed.

the words of the wrathful
won't reach the deaf's ears
but the eyes of the blind
can always shed tears
so i'll suffer today
knowing victory awaits
when i muster the will
to pass through rusted gates

that border their graves
and impound their souls
to free those who're trapped -
to fill barren holes
of the void that they feel
when nothing seems real:
just memories of the past
smiling faces conceal

or the masks we all wear
to hide the souls we must bear
til the oncoming storm
bleeds with solemn despair
like the laments of the widows
and the eulogies for saints,
like the scholar's last thesis
and the artist's red paint.


for GRD, for CDS.

 

[Mysterier]

Nice and nicely done. Spinkle is certainly inspiring.