Calming Karma

I have entered a calmer phase
where who we are
now glitters in the snow.

Each night is colder, older ~
somehow I see vaulted roofs
where once I saw stars.

I am a star gazer who
lazily lifts lids, opaquely
I am now oblique.

You put a cap on dreams
but I can still see
farther than you

My constellation is mapped
by my own body scars,
I name each one ~

A baptism of masochism
but I do not self harm,
To me, body is beautiful.

Each creamy length of thigh
defies all degradation
I deny you.

Indeed I am in a calmer phase,
tomorrow, I shall be
catatonic, with ice and gin.



Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2009-02-23 at 13:08

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Sid Gardner
No slice of lemon Elle?...Nice write.Exceptionally well penned.
Sid x.
2009-02-25


John Lambremont, Sr.
Nice tension here between revelation and resignation.

Downright spooky, too.
2009-02-23


Brian Oarr
Beautiful and sad. I hope the writing is more cathartic than the gin, Elle. I continue to insist that you are a very fine poet despite your self-deprecation.
2009-02-23


TonyD
Calming indeed, but with a nagging feeling that something is not as it should be.

Love that last line!
2009-02-23