Bitter Nostalgia

by AlaSkA   May 8, 2007


I'm the
man-on-a-mission..
with a prescribed decision
my stagger, of a drunkard.
..and blurred vision
I'm having trouble remembering the words..
are you lost? they ask
the men,
with morbid dreams,
and washed out anxious faces
i suppose were all fools here..

from the shadows
(it smells of turpentine and reminds me of the gallows)
i can see the shoreline.
a fragile stillness..
somber skies with whispers in the winter rain.
"i am just a ghost."
melancholy.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Samantha

    With this one, I like the imagery, but I think you have a typo...should it be "we're" instead of "were" in the last line of the first stanza?

    This poem definitely does not feel melancholy to me, more like abandoned carnival ground at midnight...Like I said I like your imagery, it is very invoking, but I wouldn't mind if you explained things to me a bit. :)

  • 17 years ago

    by Fsams

    Greeat, the thing that most attracted me is the beautiful vocabulary used. The flow is good and meanings great. 5/5 from me. Keep up the spirit

  • 17 years ago

    by Cella Bella

    I love when I go to read someone's poem and it's like nothing I've read before. On the originality I'd give a 5/5 alone, but it's also very well penned. I actually enjoyed reading this one. Thanks for sharing. 5/5

    Marcella

  • 17 years ago

    by Startle Me

    This reminds me of terminator.
    (Man on a mission)
    But then this person is a drunk
    Staggering
    Looking for something
    I supposed we're all fools here.
    It's funny how you said that.
    It kind of made me realize
    That people don't look in the mirror.
    He calls everyone a fool.
    But he doesn't realize he's the biggest one of all.
    I give this, my dear, a 5/5 :]

  • 17 years ago

    by xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

    Now.
    You're more of a story prose instead of poem writter, but damn, I loved it.

    You had me captured from the beginning until the end, and I'm really pick, so that's hard to do. Be proud.

    Nicely, nicely done. Kudos.

    xTheEcstasyofSuicidex 5.5