apoplexy Of vehemence
Inspired by the truly stunning movie There Will Be Blood
there is a hatred boiling deep inside
I try to seep it out like oil bubbling in the ground
In eyes alike, I find a hatred similar in taste
Full of grimy, dirty, filthy lust
The green salty like sea-mist
I tear open each vessel as though it’s a part of my body
We are sewn together loosely
Adrenal rush, oil gush, gold rush
Tightening with each bleeding organ
I can’t let nobody else beat me
Hatred is my fever I succeed
My seething vehemence of humanity
Toxic blood that bleeds into you like an apoplexy
I swallow all of your blood like a tonic
A cure for my hate
Oil is creeping past my shadow like a murdered ghost
You must push me down
You must keep me down
I’m a dirty, greedy, angry dog
The only thing that grounds me is soil
Bloody, needy soil
I planted the seeds in every hateful growl,
Now I’m just bleeding as you’re dead in my heart
Bleeding so bad yet there’s not a speck of red
I couldn’t bring myself to get the greed out of my guts
My poison love for you too heavy, too brimming with fear & dingy days
So worn out from anger & torn apart inside like a dish rag that is ratty, strings loose
My apoplexy Of vehemence transferred into a lonely old creature
That dives into the old war-torn grief
Angry that it was ever born.
About the Creator
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Comments (3)
The bodily imagery is relentless in the best way, hatred here isn’t abstract, it’s physical, leaking staining everything.
Well-wrought! "....like a dish rag that is ratty, strings loose" You've always a great knack for metaphor! I'll have to add the film to my watchlist!
Oooo, a murdered ghost, I especially loved that!