slipee
05-27-2015, 06:52 AM
The True Colours of a Warrior's Courage
Leathery grips, weathered and worn
shaping my claw-torn face reborn
Hauling it taught with my tourniquet shorts
gaping in awe at my half-naked corpse
She weaves her harpoon, to and then fro
Threads her guitar string, seams left to show
Zigzags, chevrons, a zipper for lips
Her pin cushion lullabies, whenever she slips
(Seeing one's own Tapu-self afore the tangihanga)
Crises resigned long ago, not residing dormant, but diminishing within the imminence of a one-sided compromise. However, in the despair grows a sincerity, a dignity, and a respect nourished by the memories of others. A bitter-sweet solace takes its place in a seamless transition, as this ethereal soliloquy is finally exhausted by the nature of its own repetition...but never without assuring its wisdom in one final echo to her melancholy ears and she knows, now, that life, like all else, is ordained as a delegate of ephemerality. It is truly a gift we must all love, share, and ultimately fear its one and only requisition (a non-negotiable death).
Leathery grips, weathered and worn
shaping my claw-torn face reborn
Hauling it taught with my tourniquet shorts
gaping in awe at my half-naked corpse
She weaves her harpoon, to and then fro
Threads her guitar string, seams left to show
Zigzags, chevrons, a zipper for lips
Her pin cushion lullabies, whenever she slips
(Seeing one's own Tapu-self afore the tangihanga)
Crises resigned long ago, not residing dormant, but diminishing within the imminence of a one-sided compromise. However, in the despair grows a sincerity, a dignity, and a respect nourished by the memories of others. A bitter-sweet solace takes its place in a seamless transition, as this ethereal soliloquy is finally exhausted by the nature of its own repetition...but never without assuring its wisdom in one final echo to her melancholy ears and she knows, now, that life, like all else, is ordained as a delegate of ephemerality. It is truly a gift we must all love, share, and ultimately fear its one and only requisition (a non-negotiable death).