Life
IEyes detect serpent tongue facesFingers feel soft open tracesRain-soaked rabbits devour gardensInhuman pain sets and hardensInsane crystal, rosebush stingPoison sinksAngels singWishful judgment cries...Mother
IIMy mask is shed as I growLike a snake leaves his skinBeneath my breathI ask the streamTo flower the seed withinLiquefy my lust for fleshPersonify my maddening mesh....Of wordsOf worldsOf the silly young elfOf spirits in my selfThe sun is laughingSardonic moonState of mindExploding mineMachinegun line
IIIFrom inner wallsOf solar ballsFlows the sound of deathWithin this sphereDarkness fearedCold cleansing hole of breath
IVTo water, I can see the skyTo stars, I see the fishTo algae, I see your planetsTo hell with all I wish
VSkin burns from your armsLeaving only bones of redStill, you grip the airplane's wheelLike endless termites gnawing your headWhat is it all about?Lives, love, death, hate?Feel it cover youWith your hands tied to growling dogsHead swimming faster and faster
VIMoon, you smile an ebbof eerie caressing soulSwallowing softly the mistStars sting the nights' voiceThorns of sight
VIIAs I sit giving into deep dark fearsI see my life through salty tearsWalls breathe, designs spinCool breezeDead leaves,flutter freelyChanting Indian chiefMushroom celebrationsSabbath of the nightColorCreatures
IIMy mask is shed as I growLike a snake leaves his skinBeneath my breathI ask the streamTo flower the seed withinLiquefy my lust for fleshPersonify my maddening mesh....Of wordsOf worldsOf the silly young elfOf spirits in my selfThe sun is laughingSardonic moonState of mindExploding mineMachinegun line
IIIFrom inner wallsOf solar ballsFlows the sound of deathWithin this sphereDarkness fearedCold cleansing hole of breath
IVTo water, I can see the skyTo stars, I see the fishTo algae, I see your planetsTo hell with all I wish
VSkin burns from your armsLeaving only bones of redStill, you grip the airplane's wheelLike endless termites gnawing your headWhat is it all about?Lives, love, death, hate?Feel it cover youWith your hands tied to growling dogsHead swimming faster and faster
VIMoon, you smile an ebbof eerie caressing soulSwallowing softly the mistStars sting the nights' voiceThorns of sight
VIIAs I sit giving into deep dark fearsI see my life through salty tearsWalls breathe, designs spinCool breezeDead leaves,flutter freelyChanting Indian chiefMushroom celebrationsSabbath of the nightColorCreatures
Copyright © 1986 Sean P. Pratt, all rights reserved
The Origin Story: This poem was written as I reached my 18th year of life. I had come out of the haze of my Lost years and was taking charge of my world. I adopted a different approach to dealing with my father, I was madly in love with my first wife, and I had a big chip on my shoulder regarding my writing. This poem exemplifies I believed myself to be on par with Jim Morrison, Arthur Rimbaud, Neal Peart, and William Blake.