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To madness

on the edge of madness,
away from greedy fingers,
me, an insignificant particle
without a name,
swimming through the doubts
of my existence

even the deadliest sarcasm
wouldn't me

from the eyeless abyss, wide as the night
my hollow eternity splintered
in the heat of the animal,
rise and break, uneducated force

if I reach, you vanish
if I give up, you come

showing the steps of the stars,
wandering through the deep sea of being,
and the ideal, bleeds and bleeds,
like a dying summerday

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Veenendaal in The Netherlands, NLD

Favorite Poets: T.S.Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Rumi, Hakim Sanai, C.S. Lewis, e.e. Cumming, Tolkien, Basho, Rilke, etc etc.

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Comments

washing tears

washing tears

14 years ago

Nevel,

I am enjoying your letters, these lines stuck out to me
"from the eyeless abyss, wide as the night
my hollow eternity splintered
in the heat of the animal,
rise and break, uneducated force"
Great piece of writing here, thank you

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Nevel

13 years 10 months ago

Hi Washing Tears,

Hi Washing Tears,
many thanks for your visit and your words, really appreciate then.