Giving up, the Ghost

by Sunshine   Jan 30, 2012


My mind; a highway
bearing hosts of arrivals,
a mass of eyes flashing
for departure.

And I, wish it to shut...

My heart; an opened ocean
inflowing distant, foreign signals-
into the madness
of my waves.

And I, wish it to dry

My soul; an airship-
empty but heavy,
pulling me down to earth,
though hauling me into
the depth of unkind skies.

And I, wish it to crash down.

Lord, I am an anthology,
a collection of unpoetic,
unaligned belongings
and possessions that
do not get along together,
that I can't bear myself-no longer.

Please, Take me...
Take the whole stature of me;
neither leave a stiff body to
be cried over, nor allow my
soul to flee in peace.

My imperfect wholesomeness...
desires to give up the ghost.

But, in one piece, not three.

by: Rania Moallem

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  • 12 years ago

    by End Of Eternity

    Coming right from heart and thats where it touches while reading, loved it.

    all the best and take care

  • 12 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    I always keep watch for your poems and since you changed your name I have gotten a little lost haha sorry

    I have to go with all the about sad indeed but well written

  • 12 years ago

    by Failing Stoic

    Oh Nana,
    This is such a sad piece, with a defeated tone.

    " I am an anthology,
    a collection of unpoetic,
    unaligned belongings
    and possessions that
    do not get along together"

    ^ Just that stanza could be a poem all by itself. There is such a sense of friction and conflict between your various thoughts, emotions etc. One thing! I felt you could lose the "and" before the second to last line!

    "My soul; an airship-
    empty but heavy"

    ^ It's so true, when we feel empty, we can never say truthfully that we therefore feel light and free. We feel heavy hearted! I think to put an oxymoron in here, e.g empty weight or empty heaviness, this could have worked very very well. But that's just me =]

    I'm so glad I took the time to read this. If i could vote, I would!

    XXX

  • 12 years ago

    by Karla

    Nana, this one has to be a winner.Great piece indeed.

  • 12 years ago

    by Decayed

    You don't know how much you ruptured my inner feelings now.... and I'm afraid I'd become vulnerable.

    I love it. You have props.

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