Headstone

sorenbarrett

I lie with no thoughts, a lump of stone,

dead, unfeeling, cold, heavy and hard

I stand alone, abandoned, blind, and deaf

Broken from my primal bed,

a rough and battered, splintered, shard,

scattered, shattered, bits of what I once was

Dark, stranger to light, I do not sparkle, or shine,

dull as charcoal even in the bright sun

I cast a shadow that leaves no mark

All flaws exposed, mixed with millions of others,

I repose in the dust from which I've come

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  • L. B. Mek

    Brilliant!
    ('Headstone
    as our beginning, to that surreal
    where, we've always belonged'
    where existence's, poisonous
    influences, can no longer
    reach us, warp us, steal from us
    that who
    we so strived to be, once
    when we looked upon a world
    full of possibility's, light
    and all our hurts, could be resolved
    by a kiss or a hug
    from a warmth, we never realised
    will soon be taken from us
    till someday, our physical bodies
    devoid of breath
    will match, that frozen heart
    we've been carrying all along
    since Time, stopped becoming
    our avenue to that scope
    of better, we so naively
    vehemently, believed
    was awaiting
    at that next, blind corner
    or stumble
    we crawled back up, from
    one cruel cut of fate
    at a Time...
    'Headstone's
    as beginnings of our reprieve')

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you so much for your review dear friend. Your remarks are inspirational. Thanks again

    • arqios

      ...imagining what sort of headstone shall mark the laying of my remains and what inscription shall be carved onto its surface knowing all well that the weathering and most probable vandalism would scour that down to a lump with no thoughts... your fine words brought my thoughts afar off, yet again!

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you so much Cryptic. My thoughts, at this time in life, can not help but reflect on such things. I appreciate your review and comments.

      • Rocky Lagou

        This is transcendental! You truly, as opposed to your poem's subject, SHINE with such bright, fervent radiance. The assonance in the words "scattered, shattered" are so haunting in the reader's mind. This is wonderful.

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you so much for your review Rocky, it is nice to have you back and I appreciate your kind words they are humbling.

        • Bella Shepard

          In my youth I sometimes thought of death as the infinite sleep, where I would simply fade off into a final dream. Now in my final years I sense the familiarity of your words and find the headstone only says that we existed, it cannont know who we were or what our dreams. Your Headstone speaks poignantly in wonderful imagery dear friend, and my privilege to read.

          • sorenbarrett

            Thank you dear Bella for your read and most insightful and kind comments they are deeply appreciated.

          • Doggerel Dave

            And to which I will eventually return.... different timespan, but same fate as the organic matter it has been enlisted to mark. In that role it is of no concern that same matter; as an image of the process it was quite vivid, Soren.

            • sorenbarrett

              Thank you Dave for the most insightful interpretation. Yes all things go that way. I appreciate your review and comments.

            • Goldfinch60

              We all come from and go to dust Soren.

              Andy

              • sorenbarrett

                Thank you Gold. So we do, as does everything else. I appreciate the review and comment.

              • rhmn_7

                You stand alone, but you still stand, so there is hope..

                • sorenbarrett

                  Thank you so much for the review and the most positive comments



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