Monday, November 26, 2007

Behind Teeth

In the space which hangs
like a slack rope,
between two thoughts.
You find an inroad,
again.
Armature broken.
Debris spun.
You flop,
you kneel
before me,
As I sit,
a brittle caricature.

I had come,
to leave.

Hidden constants
cocooned.
My resolve buckled.
I try to hold you.
My arms derail,
Encircle myself,
instead.
I am a coil.
A pillar.
A self-antagonistic stack.

Decaying bleak,
before your scavenger hands.
You’ve waited,
blanched
for me,
to be bleached,
by this blinding white
of your secrets,
in shrill circles.
I squint to see,
your raptors cut their throats.
To find no flower’s hearts.

7 comments:

David C. McLean said...

this is beautiful, Amanda

Μιχαήλ said...

Completely amazing!! I love it!

Unknown said...

Oooh...web presence alert. Hehe...grand to see, but you know what, you can use that certain domain name with this blog...look into it!

(And you also need to start allowing anonymous comments...how else can I steal your traffic by linking back to my site! =D)

I very much like this poem. It is very shiny, and the words are spelled correctly as well. ;)

Amanda Joy said...

Cheeky bugger! Lucky thing you redeemed yourself post- post comment ;)

Anonymous said...

I very much enjoy your choices here. For example:

You’ve waited,
blanched
for me,
to be bleached,
by this blinding white
of your secrets,
in shrill circles.

That's the kind of imagery/sound I work towards. You make it appear effortless. Great work.

Anonymous said...

-traced a thought taut as a thread-

i've found the balance - shadow - through the looking glass - in a little pen

Amanda Joy said...

Thanks Mark, I'm slowly moving more and more over this way..