‘The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of….’ **
But it’s no king this time
Whose life is in danger
But any of you who venture through my door.
I’ve seen the despair of those who loved
Who entered full of human kindness
Taking me under their wing
Nurturing the love that flowed
So freely, so willingly
Until greed got the better of them.
When they thought I was for the picking
Only to find I am made of steely stuff.
It is no mask I wear
I am what I am
You take it or…….decline.
I am not about trinkets
Time is irrelevant when in the throes of love
We discard material things and moments
That blend space into an infinity
There to explore and to pleasure
To realise passion unleashed
Is an all-powering feature of our humanity.
Feelings do exist despite the wear and tear
Of those committed to convincing us otherwise.
Our bodies awaken, our senses stimulated
Making such a mockery of the lies and smiles
Of the evil ones who persuaded us
Their brand of deception
Over rides what nature tell us is true.
Within us lies our angel of hope
Who shakes her head at our despair
Who smiles knowingly
Convincing us tomorrow will dawn
And new adventures emerge
For love to again reach out
And hope will dash the intentions
Any raven may dare to suggest.
| ** Macbeth Act 1 Scene V
Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/writing-prompt-120-collage-4%E2%80%B3/ |
Morpethroad 
And hope will dash the intentions
Any raven may dare to suggest.
Those closing lines Michael wow! An empowering poem that showcases inner strength. Great job!
Thank you Yves. The raven got me going.
Wow wow wow, Michael. All are great lines, but my fave is, “I am not about trinkets”–holy moly, what a fab phrase; I may have to “borrow” it–with full credit to you of course. One question: Is “Feelings do exit” correct? Or is it meant to be “exist”?
Thank you Val for picking that up, another typo…..you may of course ‘borrow’ what you think is worth borrowing…..
I’m keeping a list of “gems” from other people–very organized, doncha know!
That doesn’t surprise me Val.
I’m not sure if it will be a “found lines” poem, or if they’ll all be used separately–but I love being inspired by others here, and in using a “gem”, pointing readers to their great writing.
So it’s s win win all round then….clever aren’t you…
It is win-win all round, for sure–but I’m not sure how clever I am…it may be part of my minimal multi-tasking skill. Now the tricky part is to “not lose that list of gems!” Where’d my secretary run off to??!!
It is no mask I wear
I am what I am
You take it or…….decline.
I am not about trinkets………… I could shout that from the mountain top. Great lines in your poem.
Thank you Debi, I greatly appreciate your comment.
I love that angel of hope ☺️
We all have one Mandy, sometimes they are hard to locate….and even then hard to believe…
The angel of hope, our guardian angel in yet another form. Very powerful use of the collage images.
Yes indeed. Hopefully they steer us right, not left…
Wow indeed!! there are so many lines I love…I love the “trinkets” and the last two lines are such a punch…but these spoke to me “Our bodies awaken, our senses stimulated
Making such a mockery of the lies and smiles
Of the evil ones who persuaded us
Their brand of deception
Over rides what nature tell us is true.” How you get into the mind of some people as narrator…awesome, Michael!!
Thank you Oliana, you are very kind. I’m lucky my mind seems to be able to go to those places.
No lucky…creative and talented.
I think I am lucky to kms people who give me so much inspiration.
This is one bloody brilliant piece of inspired writing Michael! Holy smokes – the raven inspired and off you went – perhaps allowing your Muse to run away in full flight?
The entire piece just works so brilliantly – if I had to signal out specific lines, I’d be recopying the entire piece!
It is such an evocative and stimulating sensual piece – so well written, exploring the depth of all range of human emotions and responses. Truly well done! Bravo!
That is a wonderful comment mj, thank you for being so generous…you are very kind…
Generous and kind are easy enough when the reading is most excellent Michael – and it pays to generally be kind anyhow, as well as generous, within reason. But back to the writing – superb!
Thank you I greatly appreciate you stopping by, I’ll have the kettle on next time….
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