Skeltonic #4
This skeltonic was written for the Monday Mural Prompt for this week over at Poefusion. I took a darker approach to the photo. Enjoy.
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I am chaos, personified.
I testify
that I am about to die;
I wilt.
I was not built
to last
and fading fast,
I crumble from the inside
after the tide
has turned.
I once burned
with life and seed
from my need
to reproduce;
my green inner juices
had flowed
to ensure that seeds were sowed.
Now that sex is done,
Death has begun;
though I bear lemon sunshine
petals and fine
stiff green stalks outside,
in my insides
I am darkness personified.
Written 8/4/08
©2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
“I crumble from the inside” - I like that line, maybe the poem’s kind of sad but it kind of reflects reality, not everyone are as happy as they seem, I think the poem fits the image
Reincarnation will happen for the flower.
It’s sad how life is, sometimes.
I kind of like to darkness of this poem contrasted with sunniness of the photo. I agree with lissa about the phrase, ‘I crumble from the inside’. This line speaks of truth in the life of a flower.
Raven, this is incredible. Funny how you chose to take this darker path for a sunny photo but, how appropriate it turned out to be. It just so happens the other day the man who cuts down the weeds in the field cut down this flower and another one I had used as inspiration. Living things live and die so quickly. We shouldn’t take them for granted even from the inside where most of their work takes place. By the way, loved the line ‘lemon sunshine petals’. Nice job. Have a nice day.
Thank you, everyone!
-Nicole