Lost Piper of Dirt Town
*
you burn hot as wire
your edge constructed
to show you are anybody
not you would never approve of
//
you wear your angst to shield
your soft round bits,
cruelty your inner monologue
//
you pull your
wrong hair tight
against a strong mind
that bends to a weak will,
fire in your eyes and
scars, your badge
in conspicuous display
that no one gets to see
until it's too late
//
how hard you push
to prove yourself,
to prove that you too
are broken and worthy
of the island of misfits'
toy throne
//
you fight
desperate to be
most least understood
missed in a crowded room, vacant
low riders and midriff tee
belly pierced
a sleeve to hide
the last bought --
your first bought not
in his bedroom
but as his personal punching bag
no more
//
you liked it
putting a toe over the line
a shoulder under a thumb
a thumb into the wind
the wind in your face
facing off against demon ghosts
ghosting yourself
just one more time
grimacing to know
you might just mean it
//
you have become what you once
railed against,
lost piper of dirt town
//
not even you
are looking
for what you’re hiding
//
you want the fight
to find your lap,
the dance to spill
across your splendor
until the sun gives you a rise
and you get yourself up
out of the grass
and shake it off
like you was tripping
//
they tried to tell you
the day of death
outshines the day of birth
but in the end
you led
and
they followed
_____________________
Copyright © 04/19/2024 by Christy Munson. All rights reserved.
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Wow! Incredible! So much to simmer on or marvel at in this! Great poem, Christy?
This is wonderfully written. A lot of power and a a lot of loss. Well done.
The interplay of word and meaning here turned into a slow dance of contradiction, Christy. As if the central theme of the poem was visible invisibility or if your not dying your not living. The poem's final lines absolutely blew my mind: they tried to tell you the day of death outshines the day of birth but in the end you led and they followed This one is going to stick with me for a while.
Gosh this was extremely powerful! Freaking loved your poem!
Loved your words!