Shards and Wings
Mikeydred One Week Sad Poem Challenge For All Vocal Creators: A Sad Poem Inspired By A Bouke de Vries Image
I shattered from the weight
of your malevolent words,
you cast at me with hate.
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Your dark illusions,
of what love was supposed to be,
was nothing but a mad man’s sick delusions.
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First, it was my heart that cracked,
like a mirror cruelly smashed,
then, it was my soul being hacked.
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Now, my once milky porcelain face
is streaked with bloody tears
from all the venomous insults over the years.
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Broken in spirit
yet, here I still stand.
Do you not hear it?
The fluttering of nature’s innocent band?
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The butterflies ascend,
their fragile wings weaving my living carcass,
for they too sense my approaching end.
My shattered soul
can’t repel
the butterflies’ goal,
casting a shell, their survival, a fate I can't quell.
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Poem inspired by: Bouke De Vries Madama butterfly, 2010. 20th century Arita porcelain figure and mixed media.
Great challenge from Mikeydred, if you would like to learn more:
About the Creator
Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts5 days ago in Longevity
Comments (12)
Brilliant job. The intensity is at the top
How gorgeous, it totally relates to the image!
Fabulous job!!
This poem is so powerful, Daphsam, it gave me goosebumps.
Gosh your poem was so intense and poignant! I loved it!
Rally nice work. I lvoe these lines: Now, my once milky porcelain face is streaked with bloody tears from all the venomous insults over the years. Great job
This one’s deep and powerful! There’s a real beauty in the fragility of it all—like you're breaking but still growing, even if it’s hard to see.
Fantastic work! 💕
This si wonderful , I love it
Wonderful!
This is incredible!!
Fantastic poem! Great work