This is a poetic response (though kind of like slant rhyme, I’d call this a slant response, since it’s more of a take on the idea of obsession) to “Naked Echo” by David Pitchford. I also suggest checking out “Deep Rooted Want” written by Mother2Rah.
-Nicole
To watch is to want, and
To want beyond the heart’s
Boundaries becomes murder
As you rain covetous concupiscence
Upon the object of your desire
And in a bizarre metamorphosis, it
Becomes a frozen, dead, thing,
Faint and devoid of the very life that drew
Your eyes.
You despise
Death – or do you?
The frozen Audubon bird suspended by wire,
The silent statute untouched by Pygmalion’s desire,
The once-young bride tossed onto a funeral pyre;
All are dead, devoid of love –
And so is the object of your love
As you suffocate it,
Trapping it in deadly amber
By your odious obsession
And jarring jealousy.
What the Hell is s/he
Doing? observers ask silently,
Watching the spectacle
As your trapping tentacles
Of avarice wrap around it,
Knowing that your prize
Will vanish from within
Your clutches.
Written 5/23/08
©2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Stumble It!
I see you’re falling into as good of habits as you are with good poets
I really enjoy the contrasts and complements among us. It’s fascinating. And I like your voice – to some degree envy your liberation . . .
Please feel free to continue poem-pings. It’s a great exercise, and it can produce a wonderful collection of themed poetry. That’s the kind of thing that can lead to collaborations and books of poems. Especially if the right editor or publisher happened to find it . . .
David
Thanks. Thanks for the compliment. Oddly enough, I have been toying with the idea of collaboration lately. And I’m sure I will have plenty more to write about.
Thanks for stopping by.
-Nicole
Collaboration or alone Nicole, you definitely need to find a publisher. I agree with David. I envy your liberation and your voice has no language or vocabulary boundaries. I love the complexity of your prose. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!
PS I just noticed you were off my list
You are back on 
Thank you…you guys are either going to make me blush or cry, I’m not sure which yet, with your compliments. I didn’t even know I was liberated
I guess it comes from being willing to try anything.
Thanks,
Nicole