Extended self-concealment
A preparatory rest
Years interred beneath
Disorienting roots
Tendrils of dissociative distress
My Mount Everest
Surmounted, only to discover
I’m overdressed
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A shell of chiton formed over
Years worth of moments, too
Malignant to allow
Light shed upon them
Pressure constantly compacting
Until the dirt is lifted
In the revealing light of dawn
Husk, cracked and split
My unsheathing
The repudiation of my
Former subterranean existence
・・・・・𓆦𓆣・・・・・
I take my place in
The insectoid symphony
Waking days
Few as they may be
Roving, sipping sap
Serenading for free
・・・・・𓆦𓆣・・・・・
Invoking, in the
Elliptical droning voice
Decibels steadily rising
The anguished song of
My soul taking flight
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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CH 20~ Party Down
Argento’s ninth (eighteenth in earth years) Birthday came and went Thursday, the thirteenth, and he’d already received his father’s gift, if you could call it that. You had to commit a fairly serious infraction to be cut off; the Arch-Baron was keeping up appearances and maintaining his own reputation as much as any sense of love or attachment to Argento with his “gift.”
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Beautiful poem & photo… great imagery with cicadas.💖
This is such a cool concept and a worthy subject for a poem. Beautifully written, I grew up in an area where I’d hear these bugs, find their gnarly little shells, and sometimes see them flying around in their adult form. Their lifecycle really is fascinating. Great poem!
What a powerful journey you've captured here from that deep, hidden struggle through the incredible strength of emergence, to finding your voice in the world. The imagery of shedding that protective shell and joining the "insectoid symphony" is so vivid.
Deep poem, with strong emotion, love the imagery within that made it so deep. Excellent poem.