Psychotic Manifestations (Collab with Lebanese Phoenix)

by Poet on the Piano   Jul 12, 2011


Ebony voices sculpted my hands
until I was clutching cold metal
and tattooing it across helpless bodies.
An echo emerged- my child provoked,
knowing that the world was
nothing she planned for it to be.

I couldn't discern the prompting
illusions of mirage sounds,
so with a small slit wrist and
and a young spine cut to the core,
I managed to alleviate the tantalizing
hunger for bones of my own rib.

The sun couldn't stop this urgency
leaving me in intricacies
of a thousand black hearts-
while the bollix truth is scattered
like shadowed scars of forests' dome....
I am just a victimized willow.

Sane, half of me always is, but
tempting blood can't suffice my other half.
The remedy of my torment
is not a mortal sin, for it extricates
the elusive conscience of my forever
haunting so-called, Schizophrenia.

-
COLLAB
BY: MaryAnne.
And: Abed.

Here is the link of our poem on his profile:

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/dark/poems.php?id=1169511

Please leave a comment and your thoughts to him too! - he is a contemplative poet with wonderful ideas....it was a joy working and writing with him!

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  • 13 years ago

    by Rusheena

    Oh my gosh! lol I can't even express how those words flowed with so much efficiency! It's so complex yet so simple, and I love the use of metaphors! Definitely one of my favorite poems ever!

  • 13 years ago

    by PoetryKnight

    PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    MAGNIFICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ...
    I really loved this poem, and those three words say it all. 5/5 all the flippen way!!!!!!!

    -AJ

  • 13 years ago

    by Cinnamonspice

    Some poets just click, they flow together like streams into the ocean. You two are just like that, your flow and oneness created brilliance.
    Super write
    Connie

  • 13 years ago

    by nouriguess

    You two are really amazing, you should do another collab right away! :)
    Abed, you have a very wild imagination, and a great potential, you write with passion, and MarryAnne, I have read a couple of your writes, you seem to be a very talented writer, and I enjoyed reading them actually, I loved the darkness throughout the piece, something that is a little mysterious and kind of depressing, I was touched by the awesomeness of the descriptions that you both mastered with. :)
    but, I am not sure about the title at all, I guess it is too simple and it isn't that captivating which is not expected, for I know that both of you are creative and you can easily come up with something much better :)

    -I LOVED the "ebony voices" part, it was such a dark profound metaphor, and it said so much, and it was great to start the opening with it. At first, I didn't get the whole meaning, I had to read it twice, but then I grasped something! :) and also, I could see that the wording was strong but I believe there were few words which aren't much needed, and you could drop it, but it is just my thought :)

    "The sun couldn't stop this urgency
    leaving me in intricacies
    of a thousand black hearts-"

    Of course, that was my favorite part of the poem, I couldn't help but add this piece to my favorites, although "black hearts" is over-repeated but I loved it here for it was well-placed, it made the flow even more perfect. :)

    "I am just a victimized willow."

    I too love this line! I honestly had to open the dictionary twice or three times I guess, because there are few words that I couldn't understand, that proves how strong the wording was, my only suggestion would be to remove some adjectives, there were too many adjectives. :)
    -The ending left me speechless, and it was really well-written :) a very successful collab, great job for both of you! keep writing together.

    With Love. :)

  • 13 years ago

    by Decayed

    It was so fun working with youuuu :D

    And our gem (quoting you) is lustrously shimmering!!