tell me where we fell down
before a nursery rhyme tower,
london bridge and kings with horses
skewered liberty to a needle
before it toppled into disrepute
i went on a hunt with guns
noises like popsicles while
animals drew flies and wild applause
from blood thirsty tribes
called civilisation
and they expected me to gore them
with blood on my palms and holes in my heart
astonished i cried, whimpered with lions
and raged for infidelities
tended the bare, unbreasted sores
with unfailing resistance to ignorance
pointing each to their demise
refusing to eat a spoil of war
dusted off the remnants
a tatty chapter book, vast pages
voices that made wolves sound tame
shoved it under fat noses
slammed it shut
ashamed
ashamed the leaves on a tree
had more to offer as life,
lifesblood with no reward yet
simplistic beauty absorbed
while i saw skin, the white of flesh
as poisoned veins and sunken eyes
the reflection of which
stared back at me,
knowing i was one
believing a kingdom could be
full of the forgiven
watched as eyes, so wild
yet full of innocence
stalked me in my dreams
until i regretted knowing
i had no home i was proud of
invoking spirits, a dance of wild glee
in not so small a number
is this where we fell down
the acid test wasn't rain anymore
it was stupefied in bitter politics
and unread '60's poems
and my mouth
tasting the bile of technology
without mention of past recriminations
or a broom to sweep the entrance clean
Adding your comment:
your turn of phrase is excellent and some of the stanzas have such power in the way you have carefully constructed your lines. the imagery is at times dark, at times light and overall, just brilliant.
C
There is barely enough room for me lol that muse kind of takes over!!!
