Blasphemy

Cherry

By seashore

Mon, 26 Sep 2016
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4 comments
 

BLASPHEMY

by Julia (Overthetop1)

 

I can no longer avert my eyes from the horrors

Every agony, every spasm of terror felt

by the incarcerated, the doomed and dying

courses through me, cramping my every movement

I want to fling myself down and warm the homeless,

burn in the flames with the witches

breathe the killing air of the gas chambers

go over the top in the war to end all wars

It must be possible to step back in time

erase the fear, stop the world from rotating

Give me the power to stop old people losing their minds

Reverse the dying of small babies who never lived

Yes my own pain gives me the right

Besides, God abandoned his post a long time ago

Certificate 15
Poem
Overthetop 1
Rant
Opinion
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Sadly It sounds like your daughter felt excluded from life, with a sense of injustice at everything she saw around her.

It must have had a profound affect on her mind. My Mum went through a similar situation which caused her so much pain and anxiety that she decided to end it all. Life can be so cruel. This read said it all to me, that we should support one another and nobody should be made to feel shut out of society, which sadly some are.

A poingnant poem that deserves so much more. Wish she was around to feel the love.

Thank you for sharing Coral.

Jenny. x

PS I just had to come back after composing myself, this poem was so resonant of my mum it bought tears to my eyes. 

 

Submitted by seashore on

Jenny, I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum - and sorry it touched a nerve.  Julia was super-sensitive, and did suffer, though ironically she was ultimately a victim to a rare drug side-effect.

You are right though, there should be more support out there for those who are marginallised for various reasons, and if Julia's words can highlight what is still so wrong in our society then that can only be worthwhile.

Coral x

Submitted by love_writing on

Powerful, I too found this personally moving x

love_writing

Submitted by seashore on

Thank you again, love_writing.