Devastatingly devastated Developing distance Driven away Down and up and down again Dishwater memories and dust stained distain Stories old as time told by drunken lips Where truth slips Drips and I drown in it Gasping, grasping at the dead dreams Seems the seams are pulling apart Stitch by sloppy stitch leaves the broken heart Two were one became three A withered and rotten family tree And now it’s just me Little old me because if you love it set it free It is what it is Let it be…
Poetry is in the experience
living and breathing in every moment
of pain, of love, of hate
To write of love you must first know it
survive in it and die in it
bathe in the sweet notes and revel in its' ending agony
then learn to fill the holes it leaves behind
those empty voids inside your mind, your heart
that's a start to finding poetry
To write of hate you must first know it
be intimately acquainted with rage
that boiling inside
a seething bestial thing, caged beneath your chest
grinding your teeth to points
until finally you snap out , violence
and blood drips from your heavy tired hands
that's a start to finding poetry
To write of de
candycanes sharpened and hooked
intercostally in neat succession
the treelights' cord a festive trip-wire
gifts you with a sweet concussion
numbers all over the place
scattered about like pine needles
a smile over a face
betrays hypodermic ones
abundance of glowing grace
in the eyes of all dead eagles
social network interlace
demographic: mostly "nones"
the age of the dreamers is never done
for in the dark we find bright shadows
reflections of what is yet to come
revolution in what we suppose.
the time of poets is yet to pass
for words pierce deeper than any blade
transforming hearts to raise and surpass
most eloquent mysteries displayed.
the renaissance is ever rising.
old truths rediscovered and new light
filling stale corners, energizing
generations to raze lies of night
offered up by the tradesmen of fear
bartering chaff for the immortal.
William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.