Upside down and inside out
I am a geyser that swallows
What it spits.
~
Turbulent and violently calm
The waters in my soul
Leak.
~
They poison monotonous thoughts
With dreams of recklessness,
Desire.
~
I am broken open like an acorn,
Infected with weevil larvae
And yearning.
~
I spit out what I swallow.
I blow up my prospects.
I succumb.
~
To the dream that I will sprout,
That the soil will hold me,
Not freeze me.
~
Heat churns in my gut,
Presses like tears against
My eyes.
~
There isn't time to settle
Only time
To burst.
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Silver Daux
Shadowed souls, cursed magic, poetry that tangles itself in your soul and yanks out the ugly darkness from within. Maybe there's something broken in me, but it's in you too.
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This feels like that moment just before you know a big change is about to happen in your life, and you have no choice but to unwillingly embrace it!! Loved this SD!!
'To the dream that I will sprout, That the soil will hold me, Not freeze me." I especially loved this stanza!
Using a geyser as comparison is awesome. Personalities whose anger or frustration simmer below a surface ready to explode. Awesome... and you tossed in an acorn which to me is a symbol of life.
There's pressure under the surface of this, like boiling water. I love its eeriness and murkiness!
This is a splendid display of your command of apostrophe as a literary device. Only you could make the words "I am an acorn" seem sinister and provocative.