Secret Sin

Kevin Michael Bloor

Beneath that bitter, steel blue sky

Into my heart I dared not pry

For shameless secret  dug down deep

Would want to surface, wail and weep

 

And cruelty of a coward’s crime

Would pine to pour on page in rhyme

Reverberating round my head

Would leak in lines from soul that bled

 

Its Testament of Tortured Truth

That yellow-bellied yarn that youth

Inflicted on me and my kin

A savage, shameless, secret sin

 

Within our bitter, broken home

Beneath our damned, despotic dome

Dread DEATH, He posed and postured proud

As dad lay sleeping ‘neath his shroud!

  • Author: Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 4th, 2018 06:49
  • Comment from author about the poem: Poem about my Mother, sister and myself after my father's tragic, untimely death.
  • Category: Family
  • Views: 41
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  • Lorna

    How very sad....... it puts us there with you and your family........ what is the secret sin?

    • Kevin Michael Bloor

      Thank you. Yeah, I think for me the secret sin was my dad's death. It felt as if it were a dirty secret that no one dared talk about in front of us in case it upset us etc.

      • Lorna

        I see - yes death does seem to make people go quiet...... they're afraid I guess......

      • Leisa Niamh

        This fills me with sadness, but also a great empathy, as it conjures up thoughts of my own family and things that have happened. If this poem is personal to you, then I hope that expressing through poetry helps you.

        • Kevin Michael Bloor

          Yeah, it has helped me greatly to pour out the pain in poetry. Appreciate your kind comments and feedback. 😊



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