3 women

by Lee J. - Aquarius

I woke up in this sweaty factory 
with an existence I don't know 
a life altering place
shards of broken glass
coffin sized parapets 
crying my name
concrete, riffed by tides, wind &
green mold crawling up
all those translations she spews

cold heartless wind, influencing
what once was a part of me
choking my paintings, like a terrorist
she clutches 
fate & destiny, with lies
going   
beyond human nature
evoking artifacts unfamiliar

she creeps in the round belly of
my native land, spewing thoughts 
destroying animated gods 
defining culture
I'm
trapped in her spinning wheel
gutting me like a fish 
but still breathing

better to be burned alive
then to enter heaven with remorse
she can tear away my soft tissue
but can never wash away 
heavy weighted granite memories

I have know this woman before, and before that
and before that to...
she lives in a friendless box
coveting souls
it is my punishment, because I've known something
she could never touch
except in fairy tails, that she was to
aloof to read...

dirt roads linger long after she's gone
red lights blinking her center stage

she is all that man fears
torrential downpours
stripping clean 
human frailties & limitations
like a raven eating road kill

her soul hums while she spills blood

I am no longer afraid
clutching the roots in my belly
thankful for birds that spread seeds of 
adoration...
You see,
What she doesn't know is,
I've spent many hours in those clinics
where old women smiled
while bandaging my hands

I awaken
standing next to a crib

she is no longer there

though I feel her marks of prophecy
that died a slow and miserable death

I am conscious of her nose that drips
soprano rile and thunder
laying in her bed of pretend

...and I am thankful
Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 2009-02-25 14:09:35
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:11
Poem ID: 71941

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