Dead On Arrival

[Godsgirl481]

Dead On Arrival

Dead on arrival
I keep my life,
close to my heart but not my head.
Wearing the memories like battle scars;
arsnic laced and cold as lead.

Imaginary badges that pierce my chest,
faded, torn, and worn.
Drawing blood after wounds have healed,
the venom, lingers on.

Nursing the pain
to keep alive,
the past I can't leave behind.
Merely a symptom of what plagues my soul,
and eats me up inside.

 

[De Vlinder]

This was a really powerful piece and one with which i could relate so well.

'Nursing the pain to keep alive the past I can't leave behind.'

This line especially was something that defined my life up until a few months ago. I've been freed of my past, but reading this reminds me of those feelings that crippled me for so long! Lovely work! Have you ever visited allpoetry.com? It's a great site and one you might enjoy if you love to write. Memberships are free and it's an awsome place to post your stuff and read other people's work! You should consider it! You have talent! I hope to read more!

 

[Godsgirl481]

Thak you...I will go to that site and chck it out today

 

[Quixotic the Pedestrian]

you write very good aggressive poetry. Maybe you find the imagery easier to use this way... I dunno, but I like the poems you write like this over some of your others I've read so far (well, I haven't seen all that much of your poetry yet, so this is just a premature idea I'm forming).