Hunger

I'm so hungry
I'm so gaunt
lost around corners
my voice too taut
my living daylights
crush my living night
I'm so hungry
I'm so gaunt
an image taker
creator
absolute real
true faker
I hate me and mean it
you'll hate it too
so hard to see it
absolute true
real taker
absolute real
true faker

I'm so hungry
I'm so gaunt
chains and howls
my thoughts haunt
my fingers, too long
my harsh song
wants a melody
finds a harmony
in shared scream
and what seems
tired
was a son
sired
by dirty right hands
and a woman, a man
a god and a filthy pet
set upon the thought
that love
was for them
again, alone, same for the sun
it's glow did not light your sky
again, same for this ton of bricks
dirty tricks that crack my shoulders
and two
no, one
one hand, heart
brain and spirit
too broken in part
lost muscles, weak feet
too thirsty to swallow
too hungry to eat
too hungry to eat
too hungry to eat.


steve skafte © 2009
(berserker)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• poem
• poetry
• reading

[newcompreplys]

nice. kory's right

[BERSERKERpoetry]

thanks, Lucas

[koryargonic]

You keep getting better and better.

[BERSERKERpoetry]

It means a lot to me that you think so.

[thewintersessions]

wow thats really good. are the last lines about wanting something in such a debilatating way, that you cant even go for it? thats how it sounded to me, and i really liked the way it resonated

[BERSERKERpoetry]

You could say it's more about getting too much of something that doesn't fulfill you. You couldn't possibly take any more, but you never get enough.

[wsn4lyfe]

gaunt tricks!

[whiterose072]

I LOVE IT love it the way u pitch ur voice is perfect the eye contact wonderful!

[dashpoet]

Striking set of words, haunting in their way. 5*

[xNefarious]

Wow, well done.

I don't know if it was your intention but it reminded me of the Holocaust.

Looking forward to more from you in the future.

=)