Unburied

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Unburied

I did not want to die in this snow.
Winter,
I feared your breath like an
insane king. Submission is death,
and now my body lies long without a tomb.

I surrendered to a brute, to fires that
burn out quick.
When a heart dies light comes in sober flashes.
I can still run, until
yesterday smears into odd colors.

a Judas kiss overtaking a lily and
there were flowers
still screaming as my brain died.
A wind echoes unyielding, unaware
— Black fervor has begun.

Cold chews away, as the once me lies
blue, and pouting in my perpetual numb.
you lie.
I lie bitten, exposed,  still
I can find my way home.

 

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Dano commented on Unburied

04-22-2010

you seem to have the ability to choose the words you need to discribe exactly what you want to say... nicely written

gogant commented on Unburied

03-26-2010

Your words chilled me then, and I am chilled still. A most wonderful bit of coldness, Kimberly...............................gogant

alb29oclfl commented on Unburied

03-26-2010

such vivid images come to mine with your stanzas, exceptional write

MindNumbing commented on Unburied

03-26-2010

One of my favorites throughout the entire Poetry Survivor competition. Beautifully written ~ terribly sad ~ Love it!

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

KimberlySD’s Poems (10)

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Climb To Happy 4
Sparks of a Liar 2
In Love With the Enemy 3
Almost Balanced 2
Unburied 4
Rekindle 5
Spring 4
Exit Earth 4
Doubt from a Tree House 4
Moving On 6