Eggshell -Thin Skin

Eggshell-Thin Skin

 

 

to be fragile

in this human skin transparent

thin enough to see the innards of a dying dream,

driven to nostalgia - how crisp

these memories of beauty & excitement

when tomorrow gave the body

an erection, fantasies of possibility

yet silence kills with subtlety

like a cat's leaping for a mouse,

 

unawares and Jerry was the clever one

but Tom's persistence rewards

 and his hunger is instinctual

eat or die

the only law in jungles' justice

juice for those who can climb to the sweetest fruit

no truce for the internal battle

the stomach or the heart

guerilla warfare of the human

stark in this aging coated tan

contentment

and to be desired ...

how can it be found or reached

without calling out

 

be known

like the colorful plume : my male intention

bright expressions, hues of a face - beauty unique and my own,

always thought i was a duckling scorned.

never needed another to fluff my feathers

or fly the open freedom of my life's sky,

yet my strange molting

my loneliness has pulled at me

 

less becomes the thrill

of foreign folklores of festivities,

landing to waddle / to float / to test the waters

and find my mirrored soul,

the answer of my song

 

why have my wings limped

 

now that hunger is second

to the completion of questions,

migrating to norths

the truth of every attempt

discovery of what one really wants

all the times when we break-up

but determination slowly flees with every hope

 

nostalgic when it was easier

to sleep in the uncracked shell, warm

yoke of birth without identity,

but my need is transparent

like this skin

learning again

how to sleep

leaping

in dreams and years

contently...

Reviews

[Michelle Stinson]

Now, I am a straight up fan. Unreal. That's the best word to describe your work. You bring power and strength to the fragility of the emotion you are sharing, betraying no weakness in your tenderness, yet not denying the mortality of yourself. Your use of rhythm and alliteration underline the prowess hidden between the lines - magnificent.

[Walkingblind]

wow I can't believe how fluidly u pulled this off, this is amazing.
your imagery gave weight to ever point u made I luv how u brought in
Tom and jerry showing that most of us are actually like Tom!

to be fragile
in this human skin transparent
thin enough to see the innards of a dying dream,

if u open up with a killer like this all the time u might have just accidently made
me a stalker of your work. The visual here is out-standing, I can't believe I'm just
now reading ur work! Great emotion, Stunning poem!

[Legion]

A flight of fluency well written. I love the journey within this. Questions abound. Wonderfully worded. Kudos.