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From a beggar, roaming the streets
January 4, 2013
Oh mercy-less and apathetic God!
Why do you scorn my tormented soul,
seizing the infinite tumult of man-
entombing me within its grace?
Have I not wept a thousand tears?
Have I not seared everything that's sane-
dwelling where the demons reap,
proclaiming the ironies of your gracious name.
A dying coal flares
at my pathetic stench,
deriding my melancholy path -
like perilous waves consuming an innocent vessel,
or a waining moon and the waves!
Though my sight
is wrought with rotting flesh -
breath of melancholy and decay
-I still bore dreams of bliss,
though horrid reveries consume me still.
I reap for the horizon -
sanity asunder and bleak
- wailing a poets cry
© Yisrawayl G., Philadelphia, PA
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lackadaisicalwolf said...
on Jun. 27 2013 at 2:02 am
This is great! You're an amazing writer, very sophisticated :)
. said...
on May. 30 2013 at 8:43 am
This little tale rolls off of the tongue; it's very descriptive and I can see the heart and soul put into this piece. I've read a few of your poems, but they were the shorter ones, and I think you do well with well thought-out, thorough writings. And, I believe you deserve more than a simple, mundane "Nice," and a pat on the back. This was truly, truly good, and I hope that I have expressed so. Thank you for writing this. I wish that I could star it...but my computer isn't letting me. But I'll still try. This deserves, at best, five stars.
No no no no no. I'm about to cry. Hate you right now, Rocky. Jeez, this is awesome. I feel the emotion cascading beginning to end. And the last stanza. Wow! Just Wow! I should've read you poems a long time ago. You're good. And this is officially one of my favorites. So memorable.
SunnyDreams BRONZE said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 12:48 pm
i luv it so sad :(
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 10:34 am
I like it! Only you used the word "melencholy" twice, and it sounds kind of repetitive. Besides that this is a pretty good piece!
larissaecm SILVER said...
on Mar. 30 2013 at 5:21 pm
wow, this is really good! keep writting!
Lonely_Despair said...
on Mar. 30 2013 at 5:12 pm
wow... this is really good. phenomenal piece.
Whitehouse503 SILVER said...
on Mar. 28 2013 at 2:49 pm
I like it a lot! Great work :D
aliceXcheshire SILVER said...
on Feb. 7 2013 at 3:34 pm
I love it! So intense and burning, with a blessing denied! Keep writing, please keep writing!
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