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the edge

It is the edge...

the sharp, serrated edge of a surgical thought,

slicing neatly... cleanly  through each tender,

layered memory which engulfs your lisping heart...

that broken smile peeled back across your face,

a festered  smile that grunts with pearly white  

perfection, the open fleshy arch which

draws the unsuspecting in... deep within...

only to be spat out, cast out upon the salted floor.

It is the edge...

the dull throb of church bells grinding

grey matters to a fine baby puke substance...

one toll, one BONG! at a time... time...

time slithers down the swollen throat

of reason,  invisible fingers strangle

existence toward...  before... a nothing...

nothing at all... but a black persistence

scratching beneath the forbidden appetite

of my skull shaped drool.

It is the edge...

between a lullaby whispered on wings,

on moth like wings... flutter they do.

A needle piercing scream across

a blinded universe... and... and...

that flaming heel of molten metals

burrowing through each vein,

each bloodless vein, rushing to

an ever present tearing at the skin...

It is the edge...

someone must pay... dearly...

softy, in little clouds of tortured death

which squeak impatiently for

hell to cease its incessant bickering

with the soiled barmaid

who asks quite pleasantly,

"Do you want another drink?"

I'm at the edge...

and something's gotta die.

Author notes

A friend of mine was having a bad day yesterday... a migraine headache... which makes her extremely angry... raging... this is that.

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  • blank1 silver member
    September 27

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    im on the edge too bro,this poem is awesome so much darkness to get lost in,wow,great write,looking forward to more


    • rrw gold member
      September 28
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      thanks, T! Yeah, it's got that concrete feel to it... you know, banging the head against the floor?


  • Miss Macabre silver member
    September 24

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    I think the imagery and the impact is very strong in this poem. It flows so smoothly, and the end wraps it up real nice. Amazing, as always.


    • rrw gold member
      September 28
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      Thanks M! Yeah, kind of feeling one of those days type things when I wrote it.


    • rrw gold member
      September 25
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      Thanks, M! And thanks for the new ideas about the site.


  • darkyinsoul
    September 23

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    ouchie... those do hurt
    good imagery and flow
    word play excellent
    thanks for the share
    Darky


    • rrw gold member
      September 23
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      Thanks, DS! Yeah, I was kind of digging deep into my imagery box with this one.

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