Vulture's Prey

by Jenni Marie   Nov 22, 2012


Soaked pillows have caused glassy eyes
Whilst your side of the bed lies empty; again
We thought the vulture had moved on
but he was only lying in wait ready for
his next ambush

for what used to be strong
had become broken, too weak to rectify
and he swooped overhead
with his talons ripe for the slashing
disrupting simultanoues simphonys of hearts
that once melded together and held each other
in such a soothing soft cocoon

And he laughed as his talons caused the smallest tear
secure in his knowledge the small cut
would slowly come apart at the seams
leaving him the juicy bits to feast upon
and it wasn't too long before he circled, swooped
and dove right into the belly of the beast
smirking at what was once so secure
knowing he had finally won,

and then,
then he feasted

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  • 11 years ago

    by Liz

    Very original. Not the usual lost love/relationship poem. I love the whole idea of the vulture. Vultures don't feed on strong, healthy "prey". They wait til its weak, helpless, hopeless.. or until someone else does the hard work of killing it. In this case, I imagine the prey was already weak and he waited for his perfect moment to feast on it. Interesting write.

    -Liz

  • 11 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    This is a very unusual love poem and really quite deep

    Well written

  • 11 years ago

    by Adelle

    This poem is extremely atmospheric, the imagery is very powerful, and paints a vivid picture for the reader. This has made me want to read more of your work! I loved "disrupting simultaneous symphonies of hearts" and the dramatic ending. I wondered if the first line shouldn't be Glassy eyes have caused soaked pillows? Although I can see that it could work both ways. A couple of typos simultanoues should be simultaneous and simphonys should be symphonies, this is nothing that cannot be solved with a little editing. All in all I really enjoyed the emotion and imagery in this piece.

  • 11 years ago

    by Silent Scribbler

    Very interesting piece that's for sure. I see power behind it, how you used the vulture in the tense that you did. It was very unique. I can picture it all in my head very well. 5/5 and added to my faves.

  • 11 years ago

    by ArtistrySoul

    I very much like the start line of this poem, creative and intriguing the reader straight away.....that the pillow is soaked with your tears and your eyes are watery nice use of interpretation.

    Your implying in the poem that the vulture is the person who hurt you and been betrayed by and he would demise each relationship he would be in, thus he would move onto the next person or relationship and prey upon that individual as he did to you. This is not very good, to hurt someone who cares for you and destroying everything, I think this person has commitment issues.

    Great write!

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