Marbled Courts

All Words By : Stewart Alexander
ò Copyrighted 2014

 

 

I run to the sea but I'm terrified

Islands mock my attempts from the shore

I ease my hand to touch the water

Through callous annoyances from the core

 

Healing wounds burn as statues grey

Panic runs wild along the city street

From decades of rain mocking me

Through century marble courts we meet

 

Infamy beards my face

Mudded sequins they beautifully speak

We are the universal pestilence and mayhem

It's white casket for my funeral week

 

Degree inept how can we relate

Pestilence broken fermented cloned

Crashing planes split my reach in half

I was sending my past to be counted and honed

 

Lullabies wreak havoc on our schools

Save me from the up and coming

I can notice genius in any fool

But it's clouded by their dumbing

 

Morphine runs through the drip

Eases tensions the chance is high

That the light is on its way

But there's another hour before I die

 

Jade cavaliers precipitate fears

Undulated gentle summer calls

Panic seeps from body as I tender

My wounds that fall like waterfalls

 

 

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Hey Stewart You are a word genius-like no other!...you take words and make them into something else- living breathing concepts- albeit abstract- like no one else I have ever read- I love what you are able to do- with such ease-no one does it quite like you!...I am a fan of your writing for sure!. Regards Mike

thanks Mike,,, very sweet of you.. a huge compliment indeed!!!

I read this yesterday, yet it seems with being unwell I forgot to comment (so I apologise about that).

I would echo and concur with /profile/30-mperry/\" data-ipshover=\"\" data-ipshover-target=\"http://poetryartonline.com/profile/30-mperry/?do=hovercard\" data-mentionid=\"30\">@mperry, you have a way with words and it\'s something I genuinely admire. Despite reading it just now, I cannot highlight a favourite part because of the fantastic imagery and artistic views from within - likewise I find the poem very captivating. I must highlight that I love the ending, the cavaliers line is just brilliance.

Thanks /profile/11-stewart-alexander/\" data-ipshover=\"\" data-ipshover-target=\"http://poetryartonline.com/profile/11-stewart-alexander/?do=hovercard\" data-mentionid=\"11\">@stewart I very much appreciate your contributions.

Keep \'em coming. 

cheers Joey  

Your poems always have such nice flow/rhymes and great imagery. I like the juxtaposition often used in your work -- I\'m a big fan of that kind of writing  

Have you ever been published Stewart? You are a talented member.

I like this poem, it comes across as masterful.

thanks frosty    I\'m enjoying posting them here... appreciate the comments!

hey liam..  only got one published in a book for a cancer charity..  I\'ll post that one later  

I love it when you rhyme  2nd and 3rd stanzas are my favorites.

thanks lovely  

Its a good poem. I like the way each section is slightly different, but still goes well together. My favourite part is;Healing wounds burn as statues greyPanic runs wild along the city streetFrom decades of rain mocking meThrough century marble courts we meet

thanks cheeky