One Backward Step

aDarkerMind

one backward step.

how soon a moral backdrop

flies sunrise mute as grass beyond reprieve.

no silver tossed aside from windows perch,

now all but sundry kiss their soft retreat.

both devils we,

two inside the engine wrapped as horse-meat safe from sound

bound and gagged,

time alone no healer for our crippled thoughts of grandeur;

quiet lies 

now sweet revenge drips deep as chardonnay.

as numbers passed in bottles hand to mouth

we have no clues the whereabouts of this;

but this, and this alone

this alone our theory circumcised;

through a thousand flies to the necktie of defeat

no paraphrase applauding dark discreet;

what cold day of October came our violets as green

as green unseen to eye and cello's mist?

exported now to the courtyard ill-prepared

she no silk

me, no devils snake nor cuckoos nest

to rest as hours lost now far beyond,

one backward step

both devils we.

bound and gagged

set free;

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Melvin James (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 5th, 2023 13:31
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 0
  • Users favorite of this poem: Teddy.15, L. B. Mek
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  • Teddy.15

    Extraordinary, your imagery is quite something. ❤️

  • L. B. Mek

    'two inside the engine
    wrapped as horse-meat
    safe from sound'
    few realise the depth of this line
    since most have forgot
    where the term horsepower
    came from...
    !Brilliant!
    (we fall forwards
    while leaping backwards
    wishing on a faithless prayer
    warped mindsets, decrying reality
    waning hope's clinging to nihilism's
    ease
    Why care, when 'Fck It' is answer
    enough..)
    I read and learn wise Poet

    • aDarkerMind

      thank you my friend.



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