Arise!
Delicate,
so fragile is the
sinful, sordid soul;
a wilted, wanton flower—
first frozen,
then plucked by the guilt
of forgotten innocence.
Those of us who suffer
often do so in silence.
Yet inside,
deep within the confines
of the spectral spirit
that contains our humanity,
our unheeded voices
beg to scream out in unison.
Save me—
Love me.
Feel me;
Heal me…
Does anyone hear our disembodied pleas?
Please forgive us
Pleas of forgiveness
Pleas of compassion
Begging for solace,
on melancholy, misty, moonlit nights?
Should our collective invocations
remain unvoiced,
causing us to fall—
to fear,
to fail…
...do they go unheeded,
left to fester?
An infected, wretched wound
itching for a taste of soothing salve.
Salvation…
longing, yearning for a smidgen of savored sweetness.
If we fall—
we, the unforgiven,
we, the outcasts and downtrodden–
will anyone hear us?
Will we even make a sound?
Will anyone care?
Only when we arise,
to proclaim our power–
prowling the perfidious precipice–
professing our pedantic prowess;
like the proverbial Phoenix,
rising up from out of the funeral pyre,
having walked through the fiery flames of Hell
and lived to tell about it–
Only then
will our voices truly be heard.
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Comments
Expertly written and with amazing imagery. Love this.
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, Fauxcroft.
I deeply appreciate it.
~Dean
Wow very good Dean. Thank you for sharing.
I love comments that start with the word "Wow", Lori, lol.
Thanks so much for reading.
~Dean
I enjoy your work.
I enjoy reading yours as well, Lori.
~Dean ? ?
Hey PROFESSOR!!....I haven't been around much lately ...I'll have to go back and see what you've been up to...... Glad I caught this one...... because I wholeheartedly agree with the idea that through great suffering/struggle comes a kind of steely strength!!...... you've penned another striking poem sir...... It is always a pleasure!!.....thanx for sharing this!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!......T xo ???✴❤✴?
Thank you, brother poet.
This is just a rare foray into the realms of freestyle/free verse contemporary poetry for yours truly.
I rarely, if ever, write this type of poem but thought I'd give it a whirl.
Thanks so much for the fantastic feedback.
As always it's very much appreciated.
Pleasant Screams!
~Dean ??
hay DEAN GREAT POEM I WROTE POEM TODAY WITH YOU IN MIND I HOPE YOU READ IT
Thank you, Greg. I'm glad you liked it.
Sure, I would love to read your poem.
What is the title?
~Dean
the poem is called Dean and his poems dreams and nightmares
I found it, Greg. It wasn't too difficult not to, lol.
I left my comments.
Thank you!
~Dean ツ
What a brilliant write Dean!!! So much already said that I simple have to say I totally concur with all previous comments!! Your skills as a writer never cease to amaze and mesmerize me..great piece of written art my friend!
Lodigiana x
Awwwwwww, you're makin' me blush, Lodigiana, heh-heh.
I've been told by a few that I don't take praise very well. I guess it comes across as false modesty, or so it's been said.
I don't mean for it to. I'm very grateful to anyone who enjoys something I've written.
But I really don't believe I'm any more of a talented a poet than anyone else.
I DO believe that if you write anything—be it horror, romance or, yes, even erotica—that you should pour your hear out and bleed all over the page when you do.
I think you do that.
I believe a lot of poets here at CosmoFunnel do.
Thank you for your stellar comments.
As always, I deeply appreciate it, and you!
Hugs,
~Dean ♥ ♫?♪ ♥
You are so very welcome my friend! xx
That's my fav, the repetitive 'P' very creative. Great write xxxx <3 <3 <3
Thank you very much for reading, Lucy. I sincerely appreciate the fact that you took the time to highlight what you enjoyed most about this poem. That sort of feedback really helps a lot in future writing.
As a HUGE fan of the old HBO Tales From the Crypt series and that grinning, guffawing ghoul, the Crypt Keeper, I learned a LOT about alliterative phrasing, heh-heh.
That's where my "trademark" little giggle comes from as well...the "Heh-heh-heh" thing. The Crypt Keeper does it quite a bit in his monologue/intros.
I also used to read those old EC Comics–The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear—prior to the Warren Commission's ruling on the Comics Code in the US Supreme Courts.
After that, the regulations stifled a lot of the creativity that made those comics famous and beloved by horror hounds everywhere.
Anyhow, I'm rambling.
Thanks so much again for reading.
Horror Hugs!
~Dean ?♣♥?♥♠?