Why masochists celebrate Valentine's Day

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By whyshewrote

Thu, 14 Aug 2014
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I wanted to write you
the same love poem today,
but I forgot the words.
As I began to
etch them onto paper,
my fingertips grew
heavy, and
nostalgia crept in
like a lonely cadaver
on a stainless steel platter.
I've been writing
the same poem for
too many years,
and the butterfly of my heart
has finally folded
in
on
itself.

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Comments

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

 Lovely imagery heresmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by whyshewrote on

Thank you, Tina :)

Submitted by whyshewrote on

I am amazed and honored that this made Poem of the Week and PIck of the Day. Thank you!

Submitted by celticman on

Nicely done - with the fold away ending.

 

Submitted by Steve on

Masochism is self-sabotage (Freud). It's a sadist who has decided to scapegoat himself.

Butterflies are quadripetal. Bisexuality and the human soul are associated with butterflies.

"The scream of the butterfly" (Jim Morrison) is, of course, more sexual in overtone.

psukhe - in Greek means butterfly, soul.

Herme, the worm who turns into a lovely butterfly. His soul reconfigures him and he is turned into a new born child of God.

All angels are terrifying abd butterflies, women who are like butterflies, are stellar, cold beauties although they were kind of awkward, teenage characters in their earlier life.