16 May, 2009

The journey of a little weed seedling

Surrounded by silage,
You're a black seed brooding.

Your leaves shoot out slyly
your plain petals peek and pry
your scrawny roots crawl and smear along the soil

You come to grips with sebaceous fingers
Grabbing you by your green necks
and lugging you out into a scum sky

Slavish to skullduggery.
Fingers
tear,
flowers
torn.
leaves
split.
Crushed and compressed
you somersault in vigorous delirium
Till you are thin
bare,
stark
curious.

You jump into stifling packets
soar across murky waves
and creep into black nets

Crisp whispers,
weak hands,
you're pushed into privacy.

but under moonlight
beside sleeping grass
and dazed swings,
laughter swigs up the smirking sky
You roll around in euphoria
and blind your body with
teeth and smoke
breathing
cannabis.

4 comments:

Joanna said...

I love love the very end.
I can make you ice cream, we can be a sweet team. :)

michelle said...

OOH i recognise your background :) x

alcie said...

gorgeous

I love "crisp whispers" and the first 3 stanzas most of all

oh yeah and the "roll around in euphoria and blind your body with teeth and smoke"

you are a talented poet my lovely!

your favourite sinner. said...

Slavish to skullduggery.
Fingers
tear,
flowers
torn.
leaves
split.
Crushed and compressed
you somersault in vigorous delirium
Till you are thin
bare,
stark
curious.


That's my favourite bit; it's like all your thoughts chopped up and arranged nicely.
I think you go beyond talented ;)
xx