In the Grey-Zone, Miseria and My ABC's

A collection of three short poems.
English isn't my primary language so please excuse any minor linguistic fault you might stumble upon.
Anyways, enjoy : )



In the Grey-Zone
Once everything was
Colourful
I would laugh
I would shout
I would cry
I would love
But then came
The end
The end of colour
The end of life
And the start of
Tranquillity
Now I am stuck
In the grey-zone
I watch my friends laugh
I watch their smiles fade
I hear them shout
I don't listen
I feel them cry
I don't see them
They tell me to talk
I stay silent
As they look at me
Uncomprehending
There is no room for grief
No room for the dying
For watching
Reminiscing
No room in the grey-zone


Miseria
Miseria! Miseria!
Calls the chained and heart-bound bird;
yelling words that have no meaning
wishing only to be heard.

Ridurre al silenzio!
he cries to those that hear his cry:
Shame your silence! Shame your noise!
a mindless serpent; ever sly.

Parlare, per favoure!
he begs you when you look away;
"Speak, or I will break from pressure!";
from thoughts that lead his mind astray.

Letizia? Letizia?
he asks the ones that pass him by
hoping some might feel his pleading;
stop and look him in the eye.

Soffrire rovina.
he whispers in their ghost-light ears;
sharing thoughts with pauper reason
talking whilst they want to hear.


My ABC's
A is for Atrocity
to B is for the Bold
He who C the Coming rain
Deny that rain is wrong

E stands for the final End
of those who Fail to stand
the reason looks are worn so Grim;
is Hating all they can?

Illegal men are put away
in Jail with lock and key;
Keepers live forever not
while Looters live for free

the Magic of a partner's love
Neglect in winter's chill
Opal starlight radiate
P*** judgment to the still

Q is for the Quivering
Resisting hopeful thought
Storming nothing, fearing all
while Thunder brings their fall

Unprepared and Unbelieving
V stands lone and Vigilant
Wishing thoughts of logic reason
would make the Xeno's heart repent

Y stands where You left it be
singing songs of Zappy days;
wishing true that someone would
teach it my ABC's

Welcome to Litnet !

Your grasp of English is very good (or is it very well? - just kidding).

An interesting collection of poems.

Miseria is my favorite of the three. Especially

Quote:

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Miseria! Miseria!
Calls the chained and heart-bound bird;
yelling words that have no meaning
wishing only to be heard.

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and

Quote:

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he whispers in their ghost-light ears;
sharing thoughts with pauper reason
talking whilst they want to hear.

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I enjoyed My ABC's until your antepenultimate line. It has a charm of form I might wish to explore as well.

Looking forward to more of your poetry.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

You do well in your alternate language.

'Miseria' is a fine poem. The ABC's weren't very kind to this reader.








J

I liked the combination of two languages in Miseria very much.

I also vote Miseria the best of the 3 - The Grey Zone was like an exercise in negativity without exploring the theme - and the ABCs didn't work for me either.

H

Thank you all for the feedback : )

Regarding ABC's:
It was a themed poem : / I wanted to make something that rimmed and had the ABC thingy, but didn't actually have a point to make when I wrote it. I don't like the antepenultimate (fancy word :b) myself.

Again, thanks for the feedback : ) Much appreciated!