My head is spinning,
lost in your days/daze.
Your whirlpool pulls me down.
I clamber for extant purchase,
a drowning man on your razor edge,
gormlessly clutching at eidetic straws
as water chokes my lungs.
Your centrifugal force,
it wears my patience paper thin,
teaches me mock restraint
and leaves me listless
upon a narrowing ledge,
where vertigo takes control.
I have no love for who I am,
but who am I in this fixation?
You drain the life from me,
like a purulent vampire,
and let the swirling waters
claim my desiccated corpse.
Your twisting, seething depths,
that churn and bite and goad,
and send be back to whence I came;
embittered, emboldened,
to begin the game again.
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You seem deeply and personally involved with the human race. It is interesting to read about your views on these relationships. I have been out of circulation lately, not commenting here or on Facebook, which seems to alienate everyone. But I appreciate your poems.
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Thank you, Pamela. I don’t know how deeply involved I am, as I live a hermit’s life, but I am certainly self-involved lol 🙂
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I hear you. We all shine our light as we are meant to.
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As always, great poem Steve. And… you gave me a word “gormless” to learn. Thanks 😎
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Haha, that’s me—expanding minds everywhere lol. Gormless is another way of saying dumb or dull (which is me through and through lol) 🙂
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I must be dumber hehe, I’ve been reading the dictionary since I was 6 and didn’t know this one…:0.. Thank you!
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I always learn new words when I read your blogs. (Scrabble, here I come) And Congrats on your book, I’ll check that out!!
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Thank you, much appreciated 🙂
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