The Demonic Apology,
First Part of a Three Part Collaboration with @hiddenblade
welcome to the hidden grave
Of lost sounds
silence, please
It is not I
Who requires it of you
I do not require it of you
I merely taunt you
with the dreamlike vitality;
the elysian sublimity
Of its elusiveness
as you squirm and wriggle and clutch
your throbbing temples
like a penitent who,
having lost the way to the synagogue,
found the way to purgatory.
silence, please
It is you who requires it of you.
But here there is no silence
only voices
and voices and voices
playing and pleading
praying
in your head
for
silence, please
But here there is no silence.
The constant throbbing
elixir of pain
tracing chtonic patterns
in your protruding veins
demons in hell
singing dirges
of your birth
the miseries
of your existence
the shriek that lands upon your skull
like the butcher's blade on gristles
the music of ache
the ache of music
prayers for silence
bursting out of you in curses
This is how it ends
In bits and pieces
No more.
Silence.
this is the silence of death
this is the death of silence
The sounds of your prayers,
found,
came down to me.
I who know no strife.
I pray in silence
I know the luxury
of pins falling
Like rebelious arch angels
Your prayers are useless to me
I stumble upon them
and stump on them
I see the dark-winged cricket
my friend my ally
the cicada
chirping your liturgy
I know what your supplications mean
I just don't know
That you mean them
If you mean them.
I know the luxury
of some good tears
some loud tears
I know you laugh out loud
I know you cry in silence
I know you cry the most
when you laugh
I know no strife.
I know
That your strife is an acccesory
I wear it with pride
It is my veil
it adorns me
It is the rich silk around my shoulders
Your strife is beautiful
your strife is pure
In silence
your strife is more articulate
your strife is my opium.
My strife is my pride
funny and disheartening
like the folly of officious old men
Linger upon it if you can,
It is not I who says these prayers.
Shouldn't it be said,
In the end,
that it should not be said?
Is that what it's for?
Is the importance of it
to express the uselessness of it?
I leave you here, then,
In silence,
With your strife.
Welcome to the grave of lost sounds.
What a great collaboration. I always love them especially when two talented individuals are doing it, I love it more XD.
You have a way with words, rasamuel. That is a great talent to have, the words you chose are just right, not too obscure but beautiful and appropriate. Lovely =).
😢😢 Thanks so much for the sweet words, scrawly! especially since I was scared the poem may come out too obscure. I'm awfully glad you enjoyed it!!!
I agree, great collab! Steemit is such a great creative incubator.
Much love, Donna, much love <3.
Guy one thing about all these your poems is someone will just get confused, get lost and see the light again in no particular order.
And @hiddenblade's pictures give a whirlwind of thoughts that you keep staring while trying to figure what they are trying to say. Perfect collaboration.
I'm dead 😂😂. I don laugh so tey my own head sef don explode 😂😂. But baba me na you I sha dey look up to!! \○/
This is really beautiful. And the pics of blade.. are so strong and say so much.
Thanks bro! Yeah @hiddenblade is such a powerful artist. It's unbelievable the things she does with her self-portraits. I'm glad you liked them!!
A wonderful colaboration! I'm quite impressed. I love the poetry and the artwork is quite wonderful. It is perfect together.
Thank you, Melinda. Appreciate the kind words.
Such dark imagery ... I love it! And the actual images are beautiful :) Great job you two!!
Thank you, Lynn. Glad you stopped by!
The words are so perfect with my photo, Ras! And the photo is perfect for the words! Well done! You need a light? Too much darkness in here lol. Lezz go to the next work! :D
Haha who needs light!! We thrive in the dark!! muahahah.
Great choice of words @rasmuel. And also the images of @hiddenblade she was vehement in the photos.
Thank you for the kind words @greatpattt! Thanks for stopping by. Hiddenblade is the best.
Beautiful poem and the images are goooooooooooorgeous <3 You two make incredible magic together * ____ *
I love this post so much <3
Thanks so much spodes, means a lot 😢😢!!!
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