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Bleed

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Here inside the blackness of my thoughts
I stumble with echoes from your voice
And I watch my decadent self
...the paleness of deceased branches
from a frozen soul of winter

 

The wind bounces off the blue...
glass, wetted with remembrance of you

 

The moon drips such loneliness...concealed
inside the golden grass...of your skin...

 

The night falls with Mediterranean light
Stars die wrapped in their glow
And the harsh cry of a bird
Extinguished with solitude

 

the silence deafens
when I hunt in the wind for
the sound that calms my dreads
(Your voice)

 

a dark canopy is never absolute quietness,
as I hear my constant eye-blink
…I sit waiting for the horizon
To hide...this love devouring me

 

And even still...I love you... despite your coldness
I love you... words escape my mouth in search of
Your ear...Listen... I love you...

 

And I am mournful as I remain tied up...here
Watching how you fly without me...

 

I fight against this blurry distance
between your body and mine
And time drowns each of my attempts

 

The moon...filled with all the night and...all that is you
And... drunk of love...as I stumble within your
Eyes, of a city that observes me…

 

… I… Die with my blanket of constant melancholy...
From a pale dream evanescence of you
To forget, is just an impossible task

 

And spilling every drop of my blood
seems to be the only cure to banish
Your haunting memory of
This love without you...

Author notes


Actually , I wrote this yesterday, after a thought a friend of mine borrowed to me, , hmmm well this is one of my usual for some reason I can't seem to get out my so called “blue” time, or I’m just in love with that feeling of decadency, I hope this is of your taste, anyways, best wishes in the contest... and I will try to make a decent entry soon, somehow, I don’t know, is like this is missing somewhere and lately I have been feeling like I am a teen.. But an angsty one... lol!!!! Anyways… enjoy


Written August 26th, 2005

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  • PerfectImperfection
    October 27, 2007

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    I came back to this from my bookmarks, and wanted to applaud it again. Such an amazing write!!!

  • Chained Fury
    December 29, 2005
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    Wow...Just wow, I can't believe what I just read. This is truly outstanding work. Absolutely, undeniably the best piece I have read from you. The flow, the word choice, everything was just dead on. Everything was solid after the next. I know its been long since I last read one of your pieces but I seem to have struck gold when I randomly chose one this evening.

    Not only is the poem itself good...But damn thats a real nice image you have to go along with it...Still gray with a hint of red and it fits very well into the piece. This masterpiece easily makes my favorite poems of all time. Definitely keep up this level of work...Unbelieveable...Damn...Applauds x100000000000000000000000000

    -Chained Fury


  • prettyktm
    December 5, 2005
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    thanks for your reply,but before I give you my explation. let me
    tell you that your poem [Bleed]is a work of pure magic words.As
    for my work, well, my poems are like my childrens and each child
    can't be born perfect. As for my feelings on love. well, It's a
    long story.....sad love story......


  • WildlifeDoc
    October 15, 2005
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    Such a beautiful piece, I loved the sadness it makes you feel. A very emotional piece. I hope you found peace in writing it.


  • misticmoonlite gold member
    October 10, 2005
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    nicely expressed and deep suggestive thoughts,phrased well and had well detailed almost visual intent,thank you for letting us in to read your lovely poem great job ..Linda

  • nightmare killer
    September 11, 2005
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    I like this poems


  • Alicia-Nicole
    September 11, 2005
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    Thank you for entering my contest! I really loved your poem! It's absolutely wonderful!


  • Eruvande Almare
    September 5, 2005
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    It's hard to comment on something as beautiful and well-written as this. It seems to me that everyone has flooded with comments, and still can't come close to the profound glory of this poem. The imagery is just amazing and sad and beautiful all at the same time. Wow, it's almost incomprehensible.

    ~Elizabeth~


  • thelordreigns gold member
    September 3, 2005
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    Wonderful write - full of intense emotions and dramatic imagery. :And I am mournful as I remain tied up...here /Watching how you fly without me.." yes...I can identufiy so with these lines and with your pain and questioning. I thought this was going to resolve in joy and fulfillment. I pray that you do find your way there - to your beloved for ever. God bless you - joanne


  • highdee
    September 2, 2005
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    I love how your words just flow! It definetly is very powerful, touching something inside me! Especially the lines:

    I fight against this blurry distance
    between your body and mine
    And time drowns each of my attempts

    I've felt like that so many times...and I still do today!!! Keep inspiring!
    BTW- I entered your contest, but didn't check out your work till now! Glad I did!


  • whoamiamwhom
    September 1, 2005
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    This is amazing, It's deep, dark, and sencere
    I can feel every beautiful and it's obvious that you know how to use them.
    xo


  • jervoodoo
    September 1, 2005
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    First, I love that photo. it seems to mesh perfectly with your poem. Secondly this is nice free verse, I am generally not much interested in poetry without structure, but the vocabulary is seamless, it doesn't sound pretentious, it is necessary to to poem.
    My only suggestion is from this line:

    And I am mournful as I remain tied up...here
    Watching how you fly without me...

    This is awesome work made ineffective by improper english. The word "up" is a preposition. You don't need that word in the phrase at all.
    Soooooo... I guess I really liked it.


  • Lovely Luci
    September 1, 2005
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    Bravo

    The images within this piece were absolutely breath taking. It really seemed like from the first line I was entangled in a tale of lost love and a sort of lust for Death to take you to the next level of existance. Well done, bravo, and good luck in the contest, I'm sure you'll take home a trophy.

    With a sword of hope and a pen of darkness,

    Sir Dakkon


  • Manoj Sanyal
    September 1, 2005
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    Nice melancholy with combo pack of love and sadness.
    Excellent metaphors used. Descriptions areawsome.
    Best wishes and good luck in the contest.
    manoj

  • mimiagatha
    August 31, 2005
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    i guess i am quite older than you and i still think like a teenager, so i enjoy seeing i am not alone in this world with this affliction. sharing also the other affliction - the one of love and finding it hard to write about anything else. the poem sounded to me like having three phases - a soft introduction, smoothing the transition into your thoughts and mind and telling of this "bane" called love, then in the middle a sudden flurry of senses awakening when you scream "i love you" and finally back into a smooth exist lowering the reader into a world deeper than the introduction, the one of death impending. i loved the wording, the soft sentiment yet not mushiness, the feeling of veracity, and the sense of abandon inside the kingdom of words, holding nothing back. and the tints... well, go well with your screen name


  • Catressa gold member
    August 29, 2005
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    You know I drowned in this write? Somewhere amid the moon and the words I lay floating watching my soul pour out of me.. In awe here truly I am


  • supermansdead
    August 29, 2005
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    Your imagery in this is breathtaking. Your metaphors are bittersweet, haunting, captivating, romantic, painful and above all beautiful all at the same time. You touch on love, on longing, on living with what is no longer there. On seeing what you are left with, and wanting only to bleed. Delicately stated. The imaging of the crying bird, and also the branch after the winter and the blue grass, were all magical. I breathed every word of this, every image, every metaphor. I could feel your heartbreak. And your love. Perfectly well done. I am in awe! Best of luck in the contest!

    ~Andrew


  • AManTorn
    August 28, 2005
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    AMAZING.. ;- )

    utterly excellent piece of writing here.. ;- )
    '...the paleness of deceased branches
    from a frozen soul of winter '
    my favourite (of many) lines...
    so dark, deep and provoking.
    for me, dark CAN be as beautiful AS any other medium, if not more so.
    i truly loved this, and would be soooooooooooo proud to say i had written this...
    grrrrrr..!!!
    lol
    ONE LOVE...
    /alastair.. xxx


  • Ben Stickle
    August 27, 2005
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    Marvelous detail, and vivid imagery! Angsty teen? I think not, although I've met a few talented angst-ridden teens, few expressed the 3 dimensional depth of emotion you captured. I especially liked the line about the sound of your blinks... I've been so lonely and introspective that even that sound seemed a disruption. I LOVED this poem


  • Theater Of Dreams
    August 27, 2005
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    GREAT WORK!!!!!!

    GREAT WRITE! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!


  • Raazi
    August 27, 2005
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    This IS a decent entry mate.

    And spilling every drop of my blood
    seems to be the only cure to banish
    Your haunting memory of
    This love without you...


    Amazing job here! Really well done. Do NOT underestimate yourself. This was a great write.

  • PerfectImperfection
    August 27, 2005
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    This is truly an amazing write! Such intricate detail within the imagery... So very beautifully written. Vivid beyond what I can even emphasize... I just loved it! You have done such an excellent job with this piece! Brilliant! Good luck in the contest - this is so very well done!!!~ ~


  • Unique-Rebel85
    August 27, 2005
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    wow .. you did an amazing job on this .. very powerful, dark, and the imagery was fantastic .. hope you do well in the contest .. keep up the great work


  • Ariwen
    August 27, 2005
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    very dark very powerful i enjoyed it a little too much i think....i read it twice. lol. it's good.


  • grannyeri gold member
    August 27, 2005
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    Even though some of don't feel this way, I enjoy reading poem like this because you have written it so well, described your feelings so well, and yet, makes me want to help you feel better. Good luck in the contest.

  • luvdrkchocolate
    August 27, 2005
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    Wow... this one is really heavy on the dredging sadness chica! I really feel ya! This one is just full of sad thoughts and images, I think you brought that across really well. I also thing it looks good to just have the plain color with white letters. For some reason that just seems to bring 'something' to it, you know?


  • Nicolette gold member
    August 27, 2005
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    Superb!

    I fight against this blurry distance
    between your body and mine
    And time drowns each of my attempts


    Aaaaah...don't I know that too!! This is a great poem, Leslie...you are so skilled in writing these dark, melancholic poems...raw and uncut, straight from the depths of your soul. This is your forte and this is no teen angst or crap - WOW!! This is brilliant poetry - so much along the style of Pablo Neruda that for a moment I thought I was reading something from the great master himself!! And stop this about "trying to make a decent entry"....girl, this is more than a decent entry; this is a superb entry - absolutely hauntingly beautiful in its sadness and dark melancholy! Oh, I love this poem...you are just getting better and better!!

    ~ Nicolette


  • aRdNeK
    August 27, 2005
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    Awesome write! I know these feelings very well. Very powerful and descriptive write, and I can feel your emotions behind your words. Great job! Keep up the amazing work!


  • g r e y i s m
    August 27, 2005
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    well whenever you are free to sign in to yahoo we should have a chat


  • Leslie gold member
    August 27, 2005
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    Thanks.. I know.. but lately I have been odd... but in a writing mood, so I guess I cant have it all... .... anyways... thanks for the comment... and been missing you...

  • g r e y i s m
    August 27, 2005
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    I am glad you decided to enter. and I do not think you write crap poems! I also don't think of you as a teen, angsty writer.
    this was very nice, I liked the mood and the way you expressed it.

    thanks for entering, I enjoyed this.



    Lea

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