Soul Surgery

There are so many pieces
I'd like to remove.

The ones that ache
like broken glass
embedded so long ago,
now worn at the edges;

but still able to make me
bleed.

There are parts I would remove
surgically, precisely
and tossing them in the salty water
I'd watch to see what ate them.

Would I smile then?
See a bright world
after my clouds are gone?

 I would probably
ignore the beauty,
the pain gone, the ecstasy unbalanced,
I would likely fall away.

Those pieces, that cut and tear
somehow come together;
To help make me a whole.

Author's Note

I considered dropping the w. I suppose the homophone is enough.

Reviews

[D Connolly]

I like the last 2 stanzas the best. I think the cracks we have are what let the light in.

[Stanley Wilson]

Awesome work buddy sorry been away for a while. Great poem to come back to. Felt the pain and emotions.

[Vikrantsingh]

Great read, mate this was really amazing poem - old memories which hurts like broken glass. Nicely, penned :)

Thank for sharing :)

Cheers!!

[Valentine]

You have said so much in just a few words. Most would not open themselves up that much. Valentine

[Mark]

Thats me 'mr brutally honest' lol. Thnx for reading.

[Pryde Foltz]

There are parts I would remove
surgically, precisely
and tossing them in the salty water
I'd watch to see what ate them.

Loved this one, Mark, and it took just enough of a turn into the macabre give it the steeliness that your title might suggest.

[Ashwin Shanker]

I was able to get beautiful visual from this poem. I found it very refreshing even as I am reading it at the brink of sleep :P

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I can relate so much to this, Mark. It is beautiful and resigned and clear...it feels like a healing. To make peace with the wounds, and embrace them, helps us to move forward. Without those pieces, perhaps we would not remember the things that caused them and be subject to the pain all over again. Beautifully expressed.

[Mark]

Thank you, I'm very glad you liked it. :)

[Nisreen]

We all have to undergo this soul surgery
every once in a while
to make the soul kind
and happy

i enjoyed reading it

[Great Aunt Astri]

I think we all would like to toss some of our hurts into the salty water! Well written.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend.
"Those pieces, that cut and tear
somehow come together;
To help make me a whole."
Life is never easy. Must fall down to see the right direction to follow. Thank you Mark for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote