Day Four: Collin Church // Solivagant
April 06, 2018
Dismembered flies
on his bookshelf
Cremated ladybugs
on the floor
Homemade napalm in
his toy chest
Bloodstained thumbtacks
‘neath the door
The target
practice is potsherd
Now the assassin
lies in wait
With a slingshot
aimed at a songbird
That is about to
meet its fate
He tattooed his face with war paint
He grew up bigger
than his prey
Morality was no
restraint
And he locked his
conscience away
He bare-knuckle
brawled in the kitchen
And beat you to
show that he can
Now three of his
teeth are missing
But that makes him
more of a “man”
His head was an
echo chamber
He was overwhelmed
by silence
And fears too
painful to remember
So he fought it
all back violence
Voices overflowed
his mind
His own thoughts
became a cage
His manic hatred
made him blind
His soul was
consumed with rage
He went back to
his childhood home
And struck match
against his foot
He cast it into
the gaping tomb
And reduced the
place to soot
He burned away the
memories
His broken past
was lost
He conquered all
his enemies
But at what
terrible cost?
Can a killer be
forgiven?
Can you repair
what you destroy?
Is he a monster
and a villain?
Or is he just a
misguided boy?
16 comments
Wow, this is amazing, Colin. I love it. Very descriptive.
ReplyDeleteAnna, your graphic game is on FIRE! This series has given me a new love of poetry, something my high school language arts destroyed. Thank you for that. <3
~Ivie
Thank you so much, Ivie!
DeleteI'm shook......... Wow I really love this!
ReplyDeleteLilah
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
DeleteWow. I love poems that tell deep stories. That's so sad, but true, too!
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Thanks, Keturah!
DeleteI honestly loved this. So much that I can't put my thoughts into words. Good job to the poet who wrote this
ReplyDeleteWow...Thank you so much! That means a lot.
DeleteThe use of rhyme is on point here. I almost feel bad for the man the poem is about, and I love that it ends with a question. It leaves you to wonder and pops up in your mind as you daydream. Brilliant job by the poet!
ReplyDeleteMicaiah @ Notebooks and Novels
Thank you! Your kind words mean a lot! I'm glad you found my poem thought provoking. That is the highest compliment you could've given.
DeleteThis is amazing (yet very dark.)
ReplyDelete-Quinley
Thank you! Sometimes darkness can amplify the light!
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AAH, I loved that!!! It was so sad and heartbreaking. </3
ReplyDelete(Btw; I'm really sorry I haven't been on your blog in a while; my family is moving and we've been crazy busy. :-Z Sorry 'bout that!)
Wow. Beautiful and sad. Enlightening and dark.
ReplyDeleteI love your play with words and contrasting ideas. This is a powerful poem, Collin.
Wow. I'm failing to find other words. This is amazingly crafted, chilling, and just...wow.
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