Pain Like No Other

Pickles and farts
hit me with darts
winged by the bloody feathers of love.
Pierce through the chest
rip it to shreds
and that is when love is at its best.
I've known no other pain
so excruciating and so long to endure.
And they all say it's worth it
for the bubbles you feel
patching up your tattered soul.
I can't vouch for that fact
because I'm stuck in the middle.
Needles are left from many a war
dangling off my body.
And there's no one there
to lend me a spare
because they are all too caught up in their own bliss.
So I sit in the corner
with hands desperately clutching chest
fruitlessly trying to preserve the blood
from draining me pale
and even harder to stop the tears
who hold captive my smiles
from rolling down my cheeks
into oblivion.

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Comments

scratch | January 31, 2012 - 09:19

Like this a lot Cameron N, powerful. Super images "bleeding me pale" good indeed. Minor point if I may? Check the third last line "hole" / 'hold'? Sorry if I miss-read. Thanks for sharing.

Cameron N | January 31, 2012 - 15:21

Typo thanks for catching that and I really appreciate your feedback thank you.
-- CJN

hilary west | February 2, 2012 - 22:29

Great beginning with 'pickles and farts', made me think of 'vicars and tarts'. Serious side too to this drug induced vision of emptiness!