Please

Everywhere noise
I turn to scream
But only a whimper escapes.
All around shades must be worn
They act as if they don't see me
Clearly
They don't
Hear
Me
Here and now
In this return to frustration
Because amongst all the noise
They too are struggling to be heard.

I was hungry when I got in.
A ravenous desire lurked deep
But noise
And now my food grows as arctic as my heart
Wants to be
Needs to be
Because again
No one listens
And I am not beyond the fleshy outcropping
God bestowed upon us to hear
Maybe understand in a fleeting moment
There are other things greater than our selves...
©2012clarencecbess

Plantation

And there was awakening.
Eyes opened to truths and concepts virgin and raw
Juice dripped profusely from the fruit, cut into
Colored hands in sweet blood
Only to attract flies.

And there was fear with that great understanding.
Fear and lightning
Streaking vibrant and abundant across the flesh
Singed a ragged path
Straight to the soul
Left it a broken thing
No amount of rain could reconstitute
To allow any life to grow.

And thus it was pain
Becoming the remnant of life
A rust-laden vessel
Caked in the dried expulsion of tears
Which streaked across the flesh
Unforgiving
As it is with knowledge
And the dangerous appetites it brings
To the orchards and fields of...
©2012cchristopherbess