Painful Pleasure

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Painful Pleasure

It’s the kind of pain that I find lingering in my throat –
It leaves me blinking back reality and rediscovering dreams I promised myself that I’d forget.
Apprehensively I subject and succumb to the cold fingers of this moment…

I feel foolish for previously assuming my attire would matter,
Because as my heart rips, so does my shirt. 
Immediately afterwards my guilt drops from my waist and falls further from my knees.
The bareness of my sanity eludes me, once again, to a recurrent nightmare.

I yank at my lungs and pull the deep breaths evenly over my head.
Using my toes, I grab the surface beneath me – forgetting where I am.
The idea of my own humanity seeps throughout my muscles
And I slowly start to slip into a personal regression.

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kpeery09 commented on Painful Pleasure

02-26-2010

Very Nice, another wonderful piece of work, keep up the good work.

DeepEclipse commented on Painful Pleasure

02-23-2010

I like how you narrorated yourself looking at yourself, as well as how you made certain -unphysical- things physical, like the [guilt dropping from your waist] or the [humanity seeping through your muscles]. This was a well worded read through a descending feeling.

HarverTomsson commented on Painful Pleasure

12-04-2009

So, Kalprin didn't get it. What could be more cohesive? Pain, emotional pain, brings shame and desperation of responses. As you curl into that ball of willed invisiblity, I see you there, because you are warming the very spot I once did. Another great write.

Kaiprin commented on Painful Pleasure

12-04-2009

Interesting take on your own situation in the world. I like it. In all honesty though, it could use a little more cohesiveness. What did you really want to say? Reread your poem and see if there's anything missing that you might want to include in order to expand upon what you already have.

Alibi334 commented on Painful Pleasure

12-03-2009

Good depth into your feelings nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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