beside me

05/2013

trying to regain ground

I have lain here

longer than I should

soaking up the unfelt warmth

I've let the grass grow up

around and through me

the leaves fall 

weighted with rain

covering my lifeless eyes

helping shut the world away

as time drags it's claws

across our frozen scene

decompose, my love

rot beside me

 

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

decompose, my love
rot beside me -- great juxtaposition of the hard and the soft in these lines.

A love poem with a touch of the macabre; a great mixture in my book. My work always tends to slant toward the imagery that touches on an underbelly of sorts, so I can relate to the tone of this one quite well. There is a longing here, and an acceptance of the eventual touch of death, but even in death, love remains so long as two souls are connected strongly enough. Well done...look forward to reading more from you.

[C.]

This was really cool
The last two lines were definitely my favorite!

[Mary C]

very touching and well expressed

[Coyote Poetry]

A new phrase for me. Rotting love. Doesn't sound so sweet. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[-Scribe in Style-]

Words and images after death... quite interesting and very expressive

[R.A. Youngblood]

Depressing, passionate. I like your style, the way you described death. Beautifully written, thanks for sharing. :D

[Larry Dyson]

I do suppose we need to spend the muse and invest the thanxgiving in that part which we leave behind...and together like this it seems most appropriate...Laury

[Rene Velez]

There is such a collaboration of beauty between the picture and poem, well done

[TL Boehm]

forever entwined even after death parts us. A somber write - part romance part macabre we are often fascinated and repulsed at the same time. Love and death two of the most powerful forces in the universe. Well penned

[Ruth]

Ohh, now this is heavy...such connection, can it blend? Just beautiful xx

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

I have read of the story of this picture somewhere but I forgot the details.. I wonder how it feels like for you and your love to die and rot beside each other... Sweet but creepy.. Haha. I really think the last two lines are unintentionally (?) dramatic. Clever write. :x

[joshua deathdealer]

It was unintentional but now that you mention it...defiantly a bit dramatic. lol Thanks.