"to the son who never was" (freeverse)
you swell between my years
like a tick gorged with blood,
and i, the sickened animal,
sink to earth,
full of the hollow churning
of you.
with you i am
a worm without eyes;
and you, a parasite burrowed
in my bowels, awaiting expulsion
from my untilled womb.
i never meant
to be a tomb for the living,
and he never meant
to live in tombs, forever
beneath the sweltering heat
of andalusian dirt
and i never meant to be sick with want
for the man i lost,
or to be a home, sagging in disuse,
nurturing rats and worms
in damp corners of my body
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"sonnet vii" (english sonnet)
When old am I and fain would die, I will
not thee forget. It lies there yet, the trace
of love not spent; its deed I owneth still,
and grieving I behold thy tomb, thy face.
When fading is the northern star, when fall-
en are the boughs; when Phoebus’ lamp in sky
is spent, and tumbleth headlong down; when call
the gulls for whiter shores, where waves do sigh
alone, and Nature’s host of souls bemoans
thy spirit’s journey home--- When I hath gone
to nether lands, to shores unbreach’d, alone,
to seek thee once again; and fain the dawn
doth hasten on, but thou assured be:
though die I shall, I will remember thee.
Author notes
username's hiraeth. you can call me cristina or christie, doesn't matter.
i want to join oltre because i need to improve my poetry and take it in a more contemporary direction. i know i suck, but that's why i'm applying. also, i need to learn how to work with deadlines. i like challenges.
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Wow
This is the first of yours I've read. It's very sad but paints an excellent picture of loneliness and disdain. You have a strong and wonderful use of the english language.
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nice version for the prompt . . somber but effective . . liked "with you i am a worm without eyes" and "and i never meant to be sick with want" . . noted the formed piece as well . . good luck in the contest . .
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thank you
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oh, & hiraeth/cristina
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