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Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

0 posted 2003-02-03 10:12 PM

You look at it and
    it all fades away.

You're trying to hold on
    - keep your grip.

[Regret that last day].

Feel the strengh of desire
     (blood rushes).
You've got that need.

Ahh...yes...

But your just a pretending liar
hiding your self away.

However; the needs, wants, desires
all eat at you,
      (small bite by small bite)
consuming you whole.

Your so relentlessly selfish
      (as I give myself away).

Satisfying your wants, I grant your every wish,
easing your pain of desire
      - you want for nothing
      - yet need it all.

a rhinestone effigy,
moving, emotional cathexis.

Mixing up.  Bring out your need for me,
all out lonely desire for them.

The world falls apart
       (as it apears solid)
an ever lasting continuum of
confused turmoil.

Nothing more than an object to remember.

[This message has been edited by Effigy (02-03-2003 10:13 PM).]

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

1 posted 2003-02-03 10:37 PM

Awesome words

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-02-04 12:12 PM

You're trying to hold on
- keep your grip.
******************
Some days that's about all I can do.
A good write, Effigy!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2003-02-04 03:04 AM

love the ending!

forne_marin
Member

since 2004-04-13

Posts 140
Spartanburg, South Carolina

4 posted 2004-05-14 09:41 AM

cathexis
SYLLABICATION: ca·thex·is
NOUN: Concentration of emotional energy on an object or idea.

This is nice, Wes. I really enjoyed this one. Your words flow very well, and I love the "voice" of the poem. Your use of parenthesis in the poem is brilliant.

You do have one typo. In the following line, it should be "You're"--not "Your":

"Your so relentlessly selfish
      (as I give myself away)."

Good write, though.

I believe the most important component of a poem is rhythm. Rhythm is the heartbeat of a poem. It is what makes poetry poetry.

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