"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY

CORPSE VISAGE

A restless spirit needing more
A gaze upon thine countenence
A thy tears thy pale palette of eclectic storm-soaked colors
draping translucent skin with mottled hues
mixing creating this corpse visage returning your stare.....
with every bittersweet smile
stinging blows rain down like the apologies
ghostly in appearance
fading smoke
lingering stench
vile temptation
those hands
that bring such love........
wander amongst thy gravestones
lost dreams
fragments of illumination
spirit broken
back bent to the task of raising thy man-child
for that is what belief is all about....
light thy candles anew
from behind clouded
blind eyes
let them gleam upon reality
beg of them to dye away mottled blotches
to polariod for posterity who thine are
and what thine are truely worth
for only then shall thy be free of chains
free of abuse
free of his brand of love
to find clarity
to find sight
to see beyond this corpse visage.


Sharon Proper
USA
copyright 2002