You feed me potatoes


Trapped between the tick and the tock of life
suffocated by the kindness of fragile hearts
my soul is washed away on a torrent of guilt
and i am left starving.

Yet you feed me only potatoes
but it will be ok
because i bought a pair of boxer shorts
today.

Now all there remains for me to do
is to cut off all my fingers
and give one each to you all
but will it ever stop you feeding
on the corpse of a love that died
so long ago.

I think not.

So shall i just sit and listen
to all my broken records
and wait for the leech of fear to suck me dry
for there seems to be no escape
as all my cherry trees have withered
broken
fallen
and already died.


© Rik - 29/05/2006



Poetry by Rik The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2006-05-30 at 00:50

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Teala
Ah, very chilling and dark..I like it!!
2006-06-08


Pamela A Lamppa
If ever I read anything more bleak or telling of "leave me alone", it could not surpass the hardness of this verse.
Emotions expressed brilliantly. Excellent to read such fine a creation. ~Pam
2006-05-30



This is among the blackest things i've read of you. But there are many things in it that make it impossible for me to stop reading it over and over again.
Poems can sometimes become sinisterly enchanted mirrors.
2006-05-30


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
hi there Rik glad to see you back again man this poem is so very heartrending in a bitter sweet sort of a way my fav style of poetry a strong text with your usual excellent metaphorical skills stay cool man regards Mike
2006-05-30


Shas Ramlogan
This piece is so very powerful, filled with amazing imagery, especially the last four lines. Very good poem.
2006-05-30