The Scarecrow

sorenbarrett

He suffered for his birth

Emerging from a fixed vessel

fault lines ran through his nature

Chipped and cracked but never broken,

the shadow of his being

distorted through expectation's glasses

Stuffed with straw

he broke a cobweb of pain

Standing a palm in a pine forest

unseasoned loneliness tastes bland

salted with a handful of dirt

the sun smelled cold

In the blackness of its light

came the music of silence

Nurtured by rains of rejection

blooming ignorance blossomed

bearing a thick skinned fruit of insensitivity

sprouting green over a cesspool of progress

Now sated

death drives a dusty old Ford

and hell follows in a Bugatti

  • Author: sorenbarrett (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 16th, 2023 06:00
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Bella Shepard

    I read this poem aloud several times, and each time I did, I felt that I found a clue to the nature of the scarecrow's suffering, in the illusion of life. My interpretation may be off, but I loved the mental exercise. Thank you dear friend, you always keep me thinking.

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you so much Bella I so appreciate the read. Don't feel bad about any interpretation on this one it was deliberately obscure. When you write about the dark side it must be obscure.

    • Goldfinch60

      Clever, intriguing words soren.

      Andy

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you Andy for the read and comment it is most appreciated.

      • L. B. Mek

        effortless flow
        rich with vivid and unique imagery
        a great write! dear Poet
        'unseasoned loneliness tastes bland
        salted with a handful of dirt
        the sun smelled cold
        In the blackness of its light
        came the music of silence'



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