Gone

[Persephone]

Perhaps you could give me
some sort of explanation why
you wanted to tether me to this place.

The irritation grows like an
unrelenting weed,
fed by nothing
eating everything.

What am I supposed to do,
when the hardest thing is to be?
when the stench of humanity

has become the stigma
of my identity.

Elucidate. Tell me
which part of the day
I should be present -

I should be absent.
And no excuse slip
or doctor's note would come

to tell me where I was.

[richie]

very personal poem lovely words you have talent and poetic style,
well done Richie.

[JosephScottMorris]

I like your poem and agree, a poetic write!Thanks for sharing it! ;DJoe

[Eclipse]

i like your style and the way your divide up stanzas. it's cool. nice write.

[bloodredtears]

great poem persephone...i really like the style! great job!

[SilverEyes]

I like the style and diction of this piece. The punctuation adds a nice touch too. I especially like the last stanza and line because it really brings it home for me. Nice write.

[Persephone]

Thanks for the comments.

[Burning Innocence]

"What am I supposed to do,
when the hardest thing is to be?
when the stench of humanity
has become the stigma
of my identity."

Many people can relate to that at some point in their life and many ask that same question. I learned in order to "be", the first step is to let go.

[Persephone]

but how do you let go?

[Burning Innocence]

In order to let go you just have to quit thinking about what it is that's bothering you. We always ask ourselves what our purpose is in being here and you know what, we'll never know. Everyone is the same. Everyone was made from the dust fo this earth and everyone will become dust in the end. So why stress over anything like that? Why don't we just live?

[Dreamcatcher]

A wonderfully penned piece of insightful work. An exceptional write..................Dreamcatcher