- Non-Erotic Poetry
- "The Afters..."
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Sun seared ground
sharp shards of baked clay
tear the semblance of living
away
til all that remains
are bleached memories
of what was meant
and dreamed
and hoped
and feared
and lived...
At 17 he was a loner -
the geek dreaming...
of friends,
the first REAL kiss,
actually winning at something
at anything,
at being more than he was,
at the whats of futures
to be known.
At 18 he cut the strings -
the ties to home that never was,
to futures that couldn't be,
to family that didn't UNDERSTAND,
to friends that didn't care,
to unfound love,
to all the shed tears,
to being what he wasn't.
At 21 he found himself -
still the loner
but now by choice.
The hurts of losing
outpace the warmth of having
even for just moments
shared in the living,
tears in the dying,
meaningless laughter
mindless terrors -
all the faced fears.
You don't hear yourself cry,
don't see the inside die,
don't notice your own cold eyes -
just all the others.
Chris Twyford
Ancient117331
04/29/2004
- COMMENTS
duddle146over 17 years agoThe age old battle of man against the loneliness - the rejections - taking leave of family and friends he goes - who knows where - where he'll end up - nobody knows. Tragically sad.
LeBrozover 17 years agoAnother spirit dies;
A soul's fires flame-out
Leaving cold, hard embers
And a hollow living shell,
Humanity's zombie.
Anonymousalmost 20 years agoIt's been quite sometime since I read anything new from you. I have missed what comes from your mind. I was bitten and then left, sigh.
YDDalmost 20 years agoAnother poet's view on the passing of life,
the losses, the passing bys, the letting goes.
The ending says it all:
"You don't hear yourself cry,
don't see the inside die,
don't notice your own cold eyes -
just all the others."
You might want to rethink the "geek" line.
