A girl is without her familiar today
no feline antics to make her laugh
Grandmother's health is failing
no little friend to help ease her pain
she fears an aunt and some of her uncles
will gladly offer "I told you so" in abundance
but she was like anything else
a rose in it's due season, now come and gone
the pain, in it's timing, is almost more than I can bear
both widowed grandmothers bearing ill health
dad has leukaemia, the kind you die with and not of (so he and his doctors say)
my migraines, with medication, has gone down to severe headaches
these "miraculous" pills also lowers my blood pressure, which was already on "the low side of normal" to start with.
Who's gonna want to hire me, with the many severe headaches and frequent dizzy spells?
Who's gonna want to be by my side?
Those who do not know me may be ignorant enough to think I am being a "drama queen"
making up shit just to seek attention and sympathies from others...
But how can I "make up" what is the truth; what is already happening in the here and now?
Oh how I loathe the ignorance of the "common man" making up anything so he can believe as he wishes as if he has no faults of his own.
I have known love, and I have been hated;
as many hate what they do not know, and refuse to try to understand...
And so I must feign love in order to go out and vamp my next victim.
As surely as they all have differing pigmentations in their hair, eyes and skin
that colouring is much like Beauty
it runs only Skin Deep,
but below that skin deep pigmentation
of skin and eyes and hair
runs musculature so sleek and fine
better than the latest fangled Maserati, Lamborghini or Lincoln...
and the Sacred Drink the same blood red,
so Salty... so Sweet...
such a perfect treat...
who could possibly need more
this perfect wine
now come.... and I will make you...
MINE!!!
Char-Lee Wiebe
Author notes
I wrote this poem within 48hrs of my ailing feline friend's passing. it took me a while to get this from paper to text. since her passing I have had "spirited visitations" and not just of Kiesha (tabby) either. don't know what else to put here. hard to sleep when a red orb and a tabby and black cat 'visit' u in your bedroom at night. (curious if occultists and wiccans agree)
A contest entry
- TASTE THE DARKNESS BIG POINTS WHAAAT by bones7.
2300 points, ended March 21, 2008, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
if u devine a better title for this, please, let me know
Comments
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this is a fine write, however, i wish there werent so many words capitalized, for you can make the same point through subtle hints by only capitalizing only the strongest of totles, for instance
and the Sacred Drink the same Blood Red
would be better if blood red was left uncapitalized...along with a few grammer errors, which may or may not hurt you in judging...having said that, this is still a good enough write to be considered for a finalist, bones and i will discuss it furter im sure...best of luck to you, and remember, your messages willl define you as a writer, not your style...
-ryan -
Wow...okay now I know why you wanted me to come and read...
A great write really powerful stuff...love it..
Simon
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Interesting write here
Oh my it held me asll the way through keep up the good work
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