Decadence

poem by: Michael Wise
Written on Jan 21, 2019

Through the blinds 
the sunlight breaks
reflecting off of 
plaster flakes

The music from
the other room
restores me back
into the womb

So safe within
my mother's walls
before I knew
these empty halls

Pieces of
an afternoon
are mingled with
some ghostly tune

Melodic
bittersweet refrain
echoing
throughout my brain

I keep returning
to the page
of flashes from
a long gone age

That's scattered
with so many toys
and filled with
phantom girls and boys

The playgrounds
rusting in my mind
though full of weeds
will stand enshrined

To mark the grave
of innocence
that led me to
this decadence

 

Tags: Sad, Rhyme, Metaphor, Depressing, Dark,

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Christopher Russon commented on Jan 22, 2019 at 4:59pm
Excellent Michael love it.
Michael Wise commented on Jan 22, 2019 at 8:01pm
Thank u Chris! Feeling a bit dark lately. :)
Frank Hornby . commented on Feb 08, 2019 at 1:01pm
You capture the mood in this poem, and I "feel" it......"playgrounds rusting in my mind".....love it!....
Michael Wise commented on Feb 10, 2019 at 3:42pm
Thank u Frank. Been going through some darkness lately, and my poetry shows it. :)

 

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