mirrored images
Bed (n) -
A place to rest after a long day, dressed in cotton, a soft grave awaiting its temporary guests.
A perpetually unmade mess, stained, damp with sweat and semen, a back-alley mattress surrounded by metal bars
Sun (n) -
Life giver, radiant, burning cacophony of light and sound, warming the hides of those that dwell below its shining face.
A dentist lamp, a spiders egg, a bullies fist, a broken lift, a lifeboat drifting across the sea, fading into the distance.
Exterior (adj) -
Related to the outside, hope, friendship, work, achievements, trees, grass, sky, holding hands, breath in, breath out.
Topless banshees wailing, screaming blood shrieks, poison, car-crash-knife-fight-rapeandabortionasthmaattackpanicattacksweatpouringdownmyback.
Humanity (n) -
The quality or condition of being human, the smell of sweat on the one you love, the ability to cry, to be held, to hold.
A never ceasing snowball of horrendous decisions, unstable forms, carcinogens and processed food, men feeding children feeding cattle feeding hatred feeling numb as the cold air hits my lungs and the cold ground waits for my viscera to spread across the road.
God (n) -
The one true being, the creator, the saviour, who must be obeyed and praised, the father of the sky who looks down at his creation and smiles, for he knows his work is done.
The marrow of a child, aged six, festering inside her bones, the piercing agony, the tears and the smiles, the unasked for innocence, the suffering, the hatred.
Martin Elder
Sun 29th Jan 2017 18:32
love the contrasts here Stu in stark relief to each other. I am interested on why you chose the different headings although as I read it over and over I think it doesn't really matter. It is just a fine piece of poetry and exterior is masterful
Nice one Stu