Imprisoned expression
Struggling to harness the unrestrainable,
Trying to trap with words: the inexpressible,
Frustrated by attempts to net the phantoms of feeling,
Fearful they will prove forever illusive.
Is it that I seek the undiscoverable,
Would ensnare the indefinable, capture the uncatchable?
Torn by the hounds of failure,
Held fast by despair — whilst the quarry escapes.
Do I ask too much to reproduce my heart,
To pen my being with words?
When you see me, can you sense I bleed,
Haemorrhaging from self-inflicted gashes?
As the life-blood of emotion seeps through my skin,
My loins feel awash with that precious flood.
My mind (mocking) looks on, whilst witness to my misery,
My intellect, impotent, stands by.
Be not content with what you see,
But rather urge me to reveal the concealed,
To open the shame-sealed book, to break the muting chains,
To tear down the curtains that hide me.
I am not what you see, for I publish myself poorly.
Pity me sufficiently, to spare a prospect of perfection.
Dare to believe, if only to console me,
That deep within lies a kernel of creation,
Pregnant with possibility, an embryonic expression of my essence, wombed within the shell of my inadequacy, awaiting birth, a labour of love to be realised in release.
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Man you are hard on yourself, but if you weren't who knows if you would have been able to share this awesome write. This is so well conceived and very profound, hell of a job man. If the editor in your head continues taxing blood on the spoken word remember poetry is not about perfection it's about freedom. Peace.
P.S. welcome to Cosmo.
Hi Peter Great write i love the theme
to this. I find you can find out some of the
personality of a poet by his works the more you read
him or her I look forward to
reading more of your poetry
I enjoyed this
Welcome to Cosmo
best wishes Debs
Hello Peter Farley,
Wow! What a phenomenal work! I could take hours to try and break it down, line by captivating line, but I'm going to pin it and dissect it later. I can surely say, it has moved me deeply, and you are a "poets poet". Welcome to Cosmo. Be sure to enter this in the contest, it is a real winner!
Peace and Love, Brother Poet,
xox Larry
Peter,
P.S. I wrote your comment at around three this morning, not realizing that you had already submitted it to the contest, and my wife has just told me ( she puts everything I write on Cosmo, for I am computer illiterate) that you have already been nominated. So I can only say, "I told you so"!
Larry
Thanks for all your comments. They are much appreciated and encouraging!
Peter
Wow. Love it :)