rooted in religion
watered by acquisition
fed by consumption
flowering in diversion
old ambitions
new desires
teeming metropolis
everyone tells me I should
avoid you
find you ugly
but
you are beautiful
in my eyes
and
your voice
calls me
constantly
to you
so
I hearken
willingly
and
await the day
6 comments:
DCW - That is for sure one of my favorite poems that you have written! Perhaps that constant nagging is urging you to respond by visiting that which persists calling to you. There is a reason - who knows what you will discover when you get there?
DCW - like you I love the city although I live in the deepest countryside, away from any and all fleshpots.
Your poem speaks to me and I feel I could pack up tomorrow and go back to the grime.
I was tempted to add myself to your followers, but then I saw that you don't seem to care much about it.
she calls me often...live much more rural but make my way to the city steadily...lived there once and miss it...look forward to going back to NYC this year...
This is intense, stark and open. I appreciate the different perspective you took and the concise construction used to convey the message. Nice write.
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2012/01/08/lee-me-a-fantasy/
Worth the trip! You CAN make it here!! Poem is so full of energy.
Nice juxtaposition here...city vs religion...
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