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The comfort of nothing. first posted in C.A
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The comfort of nothing. first posted in C.A |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland 
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This poem was posted before in C.A but has been changed since. =================================================== I have not yet had visions worth expressing, through these tired eyes; whiskey bruised and diluted, staring solitarily outwards. My hands are bound to skin, choked in filth and stained in absolution. I can not be touched under pain of glass my pulse fades to a whisper. I have not yet had a comfort worth seducing, held without emotion; broken and passive, in a splintering stupor. My body seeks the unconfined exposure of an harvest field, stripped bare to stand against the sky of comatose cumulus where God is camouflaged in reflections of blindness. I numb myself in the refuge of alcohol, life kisses sweetly from its obscured vantage; warmth is its loving illusion. I see in dislocated rivers of self-dissection the boy who fears the strains of masculine, society demands non-emotive strength not my shrinking soul of fragility. I have not yet had peace worth tasting, a shrinking soul reflecting man as adolescence tied to the corsets of femininity; a petal of alkaline beauty. Yet the body corrodes and breasts ache from the ravages of childbirth; a constant taunt of my existence, of nature's delicate balance. I have not yet had serenity or self worth, at my most delicate I curl up to suppress pain, to suffocate life I strangle my skin. Under the shadow of tranquillising snow, I am without desire; drained to purity requiring only the soothing comfort of nothing. ------------------------ "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now for a shallow piece of dignity" Nicky Wire, A design for Life. manic street preachers "Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany Culture, alienation, boredom and despair" "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Oh my goodness ! This is extremely well written ! Especially love how you end..... "requiring only the soothing comfort of nothing". |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Brian, when i read this in Ca it blew me away and it does even more so today... i dont even really know if i have the words to explain how this poem effects me it is so intense and written from a place so deep that few people ever find in themselves or even begin to know how to express if they do. there are so many striking lines in this dark but reveling piece i could go on for paragraphs and I could ask that many questions of it as well. a very deep personal poem Bri, written with your very unique vision and talent. Miles to go before you sleep my friend... you will experience all these things in time. at the moment i am experiencing awe.  later poetic-prophet jm |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
I have not yet had, a leisurely sleep, a tranquil melody, a silent song, drowning myself in my misery, replaying old songs loud, in hope of extensive reality, to shine through obscure clouds, All the time undertainty, reigns supreme, can I not afford, a simple pleasant dream? ~~~~ ~You have penned a great poem, brian... Thanks for posting it out here in this forum... regards, sudhir Hey you, out there in the cold, Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me? Hey you, standing in the aisle, With itchy feet and fading smile, can you feel me? Hey you, don't help them to bury the light. Don't give in without a fight. Hey you, out there on your own, Sitting naked by the phone, would you touch me? Hey you, with your ear against the wall, Waiting for someone to call out, would you touch me? Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home.... by Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) - The Wall |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Munda, thanks for reading and for your wonderful reply. Jan, your responses make me blush, you are too kind. Thanks as always for reading and commenting.  Sudhir, a wonderful poem in reply, but stop trying to hog the spotlight lol. thanks for your kind reply and for reading my little poem. ------------------------ "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now for a shallow piece of dignity" Nicky Wire, A design for Life. manic street preachers "Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany Culture, alienation, boredom and despair" "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Wow! Very intimate, personal poem, Brian. Very brave, as well. Excellent. Corinne |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Corinne... thank you for your wonderful comments. Brave...not as a brave as I would like to be sometimes. thanks for reading and replying. ------------------------ "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now for a shallow piece of dignity" Nicky Wire, A design for Life. manic street preachers "Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany Culture, alienation, boredom and despair" "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Brian, to see with such intensity must hurt...to look with such honesty and to express it so powerfully--amazing. |
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