Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The constriction of poetry and prose


the city lights are not contrite
obscuring all the stars at night
 
          I thought I was done with midnight ramblings, yet here I am, outside at an indecent hour, just me, the cold and all that the darkness will not let you see. I wrote the poems, the novels and was found wanting. These were limited in their longevity as a form of artistic expression. Then I found my voice on the dark streets of decay, creating something that was uniquely me, but this only served to isolate me more so I decided the provided would no longer be meant for anyone but me and let my writing become esoteric. 
          Yes I am human and I don’t want to feel “unlovable” but I am asking for acceptance from the normative when there is no way I will ever be able to belong because I dwell on the Azrith Plains far from the Peoples’ Palace where everyone feels safe and secure inside their “let me hide” walls. So I need to grasp while I unclasp and no longer listen to the gasps that emit like a collection of the greatest hits because everyone else stays with what is traditionally popular.
         So I will take this heart on my sleeve pack it in my bag and leave and let the axe of your axioms cleave any connection between you and me. I guess it would have been easier, if less poetic, to just say goodbye, but what after-all is poetry if not the mote in God’s eye.

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