Seren

Dec 30, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Cursed in Ink

it had been some time
since the walls
and the joins met,

but with each stride
foundations were lost
and flakes of misery
broomed my wake

the stigmata came
and it was as if,
my iron pen
had speared my wrists

someone called it writers cramp
but the sanctity of the odour
spoke otherwise

when the green begun to ooze,
the hand of Esperanza
rested on my forehead
raking her nails
telling me
it was time
and,
that my hands had purpose
one last time

as each word envisioned
a thousand lashes
and each stanza speared
my side

I laid stripped
of flesh

each piece of flayed skin
raked off to fly the wind
dessicated to dust,
I laid in nirvana
mere moments

but,
falling through
the hourglass
I ran dry

now made of chalk

with each rub
I am diminished
to crumble

and the lines
grow ever obscure

— Seren, Dec 30, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

Critiques

Amethyst

16 years 5 months ago

your style

I really like your style...:) is it a typo? "when the green begun (sic) to ooze" did you mean "began" tiny and trivial i know peace amethyst

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

thanks glad you liked this one it came from nowhere and yeah decided to be born thanks for picking up my stuff up was tired when i posted last night lol you take care and have a happy new yr !!! love Jayne-Chloe

deelilah

16 years 5 months ago

Hi Jayne

This has a lot of power. When I read this sort of work, it scares me. I hope you are feeling well. You must be exhausted just writing this---that and the enormous amount of work you keep putting out. 'it had been some time since the walls and the joins met, but with each stride foundations were lost and flakes of misery broomed my wake' I particularly enjoyed pondering these lines. Even buildings are worn away by the mere fact they exist in time, in a physical dimension. Awesome read. Deelilah ps I like your picture---beautiful eyes.

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dear Deelilah

You comment made my day thank you so much ... I really appreciate the read its a weird write this one dont ask me where it come from it just appeared out of nowhere and I thought eh ? post it glad I did now you take care and have a happy new yr lovely and a safe one if your on the road ... love and hugs Jayne x x x

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dear Indi

Ahhhh I am but am a mere apprentice to wizards and happy where I am ... but I have enjoyed my journey in words I have left a wake of words that are just mine and thats good enough for me ... we all stop writing at some time , not me yet but I am waiting for the drought for I am sure there will be one ... every season of the heart must be lived to truely live ... thanks for your lovely comment made me smile love and hugs and Happy new yr Jayne-Chloe :)

bjp

16 years 5 months ago

Dear Jayne-Chloe,

Isn't it something that the last lines are a truth metaphorically and a lie literally! For as life obscures, your writing has become more poignant and vital. Now you pump blood into poems with a kind of ease. Dear Jayne-Chloe, you once wrote to me about tallent as if it were sucked up by the sponge of life at birth. Now you argue decisively in a different direction. Encore! Hugs and love, Brian

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dearest Brian

When I see you on my poems its nearly a relief ... its because I know i am doing ok .. your my measurment of sorts of if the path or turn I ahve taken was a right turn or a wrong turn ... and I am ever grateful for the signposts you ahve left along the way and you have ;) just not everyone sees them .. many hugs and much love to you both on this new years eve ... I plan to get pissed and forget the last 12 months for a few hours ... lol Salutee !! Jayne-Chloe x x x

Worldwide Freeride

16 years 5 months ago

Sanctify you essense...

Jayne you could sever all ties here and expand beyond your corporeal bonds... you maybe be withing away in time with your body's flesh, muscle and ligaments rended from your bones which in turn decay to dust to be cast on the wind but with your sanctimonious spirit all will imbued with your will to write... that I don't think will ever fade from you Jayne as your soul is dipped and marinaded in the best ink I have ever encountered. Your writes seem to go from strength to strength... a testiment to the courage within you I think. Without a doubt Jayne you're one of fave writers on here... I love whole premise of this write and its subliminal majesty... like an eagle plucked of all its feathers and grounded... you still forever reach for the skies! Dale :)

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dearest Dale

I have only been writing seriously for a few months and learning my craft properly ... and all these are tentative steps out of my comfort zone again ... I take a step when I am comfortable I take another and so on ... im creep from nothing to something and that for me ... is seriously enough the fact people enjoy reading them is enough for me ... love and mountains of hugs happy new year btw lol one hour to go here Jayne-Chloe x x x

lyz

16 years 5 months ago

Yay

Not sure that this poem written in cursed ink, is that, but it is a brilliant write and you should be so proud of yourself. No writers block here, just a web weaved with perfection for us the readers to be tempted just like the fly. Well done hun. You keep them coming. Love from me. XX

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

This ones about feeling

This ones about feeling diminished ... and ill keep em coming as long as my muse torments me lol love and mountains of hugs Jayne x x x

lyz

16 years 5 months ago

Hiya

Feelings, well hun, I hope this poem helped. You be happy okay. Love Lyz. XX

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

I am trying … hope you and

I am trying ... hope you and yours are well and take care much love and hugs Jayne x x x

Diatom Shells

16 years 3 months ago

Stories are my friend and I

Stories are my friend and I think this is my best friend :) I really enjoyed this work thank you dear for giving me more I am lovin' the raw essence

Seren

16 years 3 months ago

I changed to this style a

I changed to this style a while back now and I still like writing a rhymer every now and then to stay in practice but my heart lies here and its full of stories ... glad we could make friends lol ;) love and big hugs Jayne x x x