The Stillborn Child

These words will make you feel
What it is, only you can know
They will not divulge into grade school
Rhythmic rhyming rhetoric
Like so many before,
And too many to come,
Spewing forth unintelligent regurgitated
Beginners banter...rather,
They will peel the mask from your face
And the shallow person's shade

Lost in chaos,
Pale semblance when you
Aren't inspiring
You are the one behind the fair weather and foul
You tremulous distorted form
More vast shadows at the threshold
Gaudy shapes engulf
Apoplectic tides fickle with disbelief

Prodigious lovely monster
Queen of the nether
Skittering in the tall orbits of ether
And stars honeycomb your molecules
Transfixed solitude, drugged
A dazzle of vacuity
On bloodthirsty cackles
Immense assault hoped for

On your chalky face
Your dirt-caked mouth exhales
Mortal midnight sun
Her soul is dry
There are no more sages
Where her perfumes once sang
Where lashes fluttered
I'll speak of dead leaves woven
Unseen hands pattern the false forest
Pitter and patter of tiny hands
A blood-soaked gurney
Returned to origin
The stillborn child.

AutOmatIc-12

A well deserved S&F from me.

Very moving, and heartbreaking.

You know a poem is good when you read it several times, even though you grasp it's meaning the first time.

Very moving poem! I much enjoyed it.
And I am sorry about your loss.

Very emotional and moving. Thank you for sharing your Soul....

Des

The title alone made me wonder, so I flagged it before I read. I just knew it would be deep.

That's the thing about excellent prose, you can read it several times, and each time, you get something new from it. So many different meanings thrown together, so I must say you did well getting that out.

Nicely written

S & F

Good luck

@isyeye

Thanks so much, and yea it was tough for me to even go there, but sometimes I feel my best inspiration comes from my worst pains.

@resoe26

Thank you, and indeed though it has been almost 17 years now, not a moment goes by that I don't think about it, and writing about it does help for sure.

@Destinyone

No problem, it does help to sooth when I write no doubt.

@Druid42

Thanks, and glad you were able to get something from it...sometimes we stare blankly at words on our screens without really, truly giving them a second thought...I always try my best to convey with words what emotion washes over my being, and if someone else out there in digital net land feels something, then I am moved as well.

@SLAYER69

Many thanks!

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Was wondering if you had a chance to finish reading and thoughts if any? (not sure why you post was deemed off topic as it was about the poem...sorta) cheers!