I ain't hurting while I slip into the hip beats, so noisy and bustin’, I'm
Bursting like an overripe cherry hidden
So gooey, sticky
such twinkling glimmers of diamond sparkle against the tops of the mid-day summer trees
willows that cry (I may be smiling, but I am in terrible agony)
I am gleaming under the steaming window of wilderness
I am steaming in the mist of the highest, distressing precipice
That moment before you let yourself fall,
Oh that’s it,
You're truly so beautiful
I am restless in agony, the waves
Pull me over like a false equivalency
Flesh that requires to be sunful, sinful, creative with no prestige
I let the first wave drown,
The sun hits the grass like a passionless kiss
You beat me,
The glimmer of water reflects a smart echo from the sweetest blue sky
You beat me,
Eyes purple like the sunset
I was beat,
Glimmers of summer fun with the intoxicating bloom of budding
Beaten rose petals(I re-learned the language of my poor ancestors, so dirty down-trodden and beaten)
Driven to the ghettos, inside of a hot, simple hell
You
Beat
Me.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos,
I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels
The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books
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Comments (5)
Omggg, that was so heart-rippingly sad. So intense and raw. Loved your poem so much Merly!
So powerful and amazingly written—just awesome work.
Bursting like an overripe cherry hidden and willows cry - lots of deep and rich descriptions!
Wow. That is quite powerful in its sadness. Well done.
Stunning description 👌