Weave me a soul

by Fig   Jun 17, 2005


As you take my life in your fingers
Tear into tiny strips
Clean the blood from the edges
Watch as the crimson drips
Like a faded photo, slash me
And jumble me around
Lay the ribbons of my being
Gently on the ground

Take the tiny fragments
And under, over go
Weave the shattered remnants
The ribbons dancing slow
The broken pieces tighten
And knit into a web
The seeping bleeding edges
See the flow begin to ebb

As the lacy net of broken pieces
Draws together near
From the ragged ruins
The beautiful appears
From the broken mundane life of mine
Your weaving me a soul
And adding pieces of yourself
To make my being whole

Weave my tears into the fabric
See them shine and glitter bright
See the silver threads of moonlight
From when I lay awake at night
And let the blood soak through the colours
Different shades of pain
From when my love for you
Killed me again and again

And before you finish
Take a strand of you hair
Embroider the fabric
That you forever linger there
Tie a knot at the corner
Now my soul is entire
You have captured my torment,
My fear and my desire

You have given me a soul
And given me a heart
And oblivious of it all
My life’s begun to start

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  • 18 years ago

    by Flying Phoenix

    Righty darling. I decided I didn't read people poetry enough so I am now reading every sigle one of yours. Even though I've read several before. I just have to say that this poem is so beautiful and heartbreaking... I love it dearly, as much as I love ALL of the other poems of yours.
    I just wish I could find more adjectives to describe them....

  • 18 years ago

    by NannO

    Once again, a captivating work of poetry that drags the reader in to the very core... uve woven an amazing poem from almost magical words.. they were music to my ears.. i give u a 5 easily, and more if i cud, coz u certainly deserve it.. tho it was sad n sincere, it was still nothing short of a literary piece..
    ur very talented
    keep it up
    take care
    Nouna

  • 19 years ago

    by brown eyes and a melancholy smile

    Brilliant work. this is really unique, with great flow and fantastic imagery. very well done, it's morbidly beautiful.

  • 19 years ago

    by Matters

    *Jaw drops*... Wow. I am out of words. Speechless. Wow.
    Wow.
    Wow.
    WOW.
    You are the best poet on this site that I have seen. Wow. Keep it up.
    Thanks for the comments on mine. =D

  • 19 years ago

    by Strange Angel

    Luciferous, i cant beleive i havent commented on this poem. it's one of my al time favourites, and i cant believe i havent told you! i feel terrible. :O here goes: i love this poem so much! the wonderful imagery, and the way its so sad and yet so happy. the dismantling of a soul, and the creation of a new one!!! how fabtaboulous. i love it so much, and it evoked such strong imagery, i had to draw a picure. however, i cannot draw and the picture is awful, but the picture in my head is still brilo pads. now i think i have said enough, i hope this makes up for not commenting previously.

    ~madfry~

    p.s. write more, i havent seen enough lucy poems. go! shoo!

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