A POEM FOR LOVE

Celebritydome is not matyrdome yet neither is it
society’s gimmick that you my Doll can undermine_
Can use to tear this soul of mine
Through reason, through rancorous rational
– not through all the rhymes that time could chime.

And as my celebrity succeeds your integrity
- Your heart, your soul! I heard you cry aloud! -
As my fame and fortune triumphs your most opportune moment
I see you glare, like a star,
Not like the star I am but like the plane of water far,
Far beyond the mirage of your deepest lairs.

Born in jealousy, empty of triumph.
Now, Knowing in the alignment of your empty tears.

And like a star you hit me, sucked me, blew me up
Like a gimmick any random jack could mimick
Like Magic, You pulled the trigger,
and you leave My body composed, loved, adored
Yet my soul and heart forever disfigured.
Forever at your idle whim disposed.

Comments

[Doug]

Did you write this? This is BRILLIANT ... but I think it's Keats, or Poe. Can't find it on the internet though, so maybe it's you??

[Daryl]

I think the poem was bloody brilliant. It's archaic sounding, but still brilliant. And it's posted on my birthday, which makes it twice as brilliant. Haha.

But onto the serious stuff, you seem to have a fixation with the word "gimmick", and in a way I can understand how that relates to you being a celebrity. All around you are gimmicks, and you, being so very famous, are often employed in these gimmicks yourself. Somehow that word is stuck in my head, it is the one word that I remember most clearly from your poem.

You last stanza is evidently a plea for love. Something that transcends the physical simplicities of the word. Pardon me if I'm wrong, but your last few lines say that you're satisfied with your lovers sexually, but they don't give you the emotional comfort and support that you really need. If that is true, then I feel very sad indeed for you.

Still, I think your poem does bring out your anguish, and there is much pain in it, even if unintended.

Cheers (and sorry for a lengthy post),
Daryl

[jessT]

wow.. yr poem seems angry yet describes the pain you're feeling

great job, full of emotions!