are you drowning in the same honeyed darkness that preceded me
does Death wear an invisible halo?
Have you come for me, not for my hour of death, but to whisper secrets behind my shadow?
The combs that burst in the red-corn, sweating leaves, fresh yellow summer
Spilled all its life on my shoulders
Black veiled honey, my unbottled, nature wine
I can’t move; I can’t breathe: I’m grounded by the hypnotizing drop
My world isn’t tilting forward
It has always been tilted, askew, plainly insane
Simply frantic, I live like a terror that cannot be tamed
Yet there is no fame for this type of insanity
Sheltered under black veiled honey
Sheltered by black & blue teases that left me long ago
Sheltered by false fruits
That I made myself
Sinking into honey dewed, crunchy, fervent, wild sickness
I eat red meat as I was a wolf
And elf as Jane Eyre,
Emerging from the tilt to dine upon humanities spoils
My mother and father
forgetting the alcoholic, beaten path
deigning to choke on forgiveness
Do you think you know me?
You’ll never fucking know me
You’ve choked me until I can’t find my last breath
You have beaten me blue, purple, new shades of corpse
But you couldn’t kill the one thing you needed to get me really dead
You can read every single line that I’ve written
Eat shit, eat shit, eat shit
I literally had that taste on my taste buds so long, I thought it was my anatomy
Since you know poetry so damn well even though you despise art
Here it is, the drop, the curtain falling, the White Swan sinking
The Black Swan deepening
It’s
Black honeyed halo
Frankenstein vato
Churlish fantasies that only serve you no good.
The thesis of the drop
How would you escape being with yourself? How would you leave yourself when you are cornered?
How would you leave with a
Sacrifice to be emboldened by poverty
The answer is
About the Creator
Reader insights
Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insights
Compelling and original writing
Creative use of language & vocab
Excellent storytelling
Original narrative & well developed characters
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions


Comments (5)
Raw and potent. A winner in my books 🤍.
Wooohooooo congratulations on your honourable mention! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Whoaaa, this was so hard hitting and powerful! Loved your poem Merly!
Beautifully expressed darkness Sis ❤️
Wow, Melissa. This was powerful, with a very unrestrained elegance. Poetic mastery and real sense of brevity with some truly tight and concise lines. I felt this, loved it but hate that you felt like this writing it. Well done.