Poetry & Prose by Jo VonBargen

Stare

Posted in Poetry by jvonbargen on March 16th, 2008

stare1.jpg
absorbed and pale, you
sit beside burning
walls and ponder

I see you breathe
without body or voice, betrayed
by reflection

look how you’ve gnawed
and swallowed memories, how
the rust is so
bitter

you are travail
and sun going down

someone has hung their gasps
in your eyes, and brushes
your hair with stony
silence

for evil you see
the strangled brook, still
gurgling, the curling
of the shriveled leaf,
the fallen deer

for good there is only divine
indifference, the drowse
at noon, the cloud,
the soaring wren

you are a benediction, a
destruction, gone mad
in the light

–Jo 2008

7 Responses to 'Stare'

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  1. O'Dwyer said, on March 16th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Beautiful, beautiful write!
    This pic is fierce!

  2. jvonbargen said, on March 16th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    Thank you, Blue! Good to see you here, luv.

  3. O'Dwyer said, on March 17th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    I have been a little lost around wordpress, and the readership is diff, but I am here to stay! Soma had to set this up for me, lol!

    I love reading your poetry, I see you posted more on the other, so I will definitely check them out ASAP.

    Hugs!!!

  4. benafia said, on March 18th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    You seem to have nailed the hammer on its head.

    Love your word usage. That is poetry.

  5. jvonbargen said, on March 19th, 2008 at 8:51 am

    Many thanks, Benafia, for your very kind comment! Much appreciated.

  6. monzar said, on March 21st, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Haunting. Well done.

  7. jvonbargen said, on March 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Thank you, my friend.

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