Impromptu Sadness

December 14, 2007 at 4:23 pm (14. He Calls Me by My Name) (, , , , , , , , )

“Impromptu Sadness”
12/14/2007

I have a friend lost
In an unending tape-reel.
The “thwap, thwap” you hear
Is the sound of mistakes
Slamming her real
Into powdered shards of feel.

The damage done, multiplied
By repetition, stole
From her any vision of a rest.
Sleep; peace around the heart.
Instead burned deep with holes
Letting darkness rot her soul.

My love extension cannot
Communicate across the chasm
She’s erected into her world.
Like a mummy, tanned against
Time and shift, she stands
Whilst I partake inside her spasm.

1 Comment

  1. jeques said,

    Kevin,

    Sad, indeed. What makes it really sad is seeing no redemption, no hope in sight. This poem is a downer. You effectively wrote the sadness to the point of being contageous. I am inflicted.

    I wish you well.

    ~ Jeques

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