Lift your sleeping self To the rising sun Baring a light upon your forehead, In the stillness of your heart's death. I wash light, Like I wash your arms. I waste light, Like I waste dinnertime kisses. All I taste is the bitterness Of iron Upon the tracks that race the train Towards the extended miles Latched upon my aching wrists, Crashing to the dried earth. You fight to end sleep By the way you weep. The way that you seem to keep Unpleasantness, in what you seep From eyes that drain the oceans Or the skies, As I kiss the lantern off, As I kiss the candles, extinguished, Like your body that leans towards the setting sun. Like your heart that melts with the wax. How does the Devil coddle you On the blankets that surround you Upon when comfort was so distant? How does darkness warm you, When winter is the parasite? For you, that is the paradise. Get your heart off the ground To lift your wings, To then bring Your eyes into simple appeal.
Poem – “Wherever there’s Tears” – Romance – 7/1/2020
3 responses to “Poem – “Wherever there’s Tears” – Romance – 7/1/2020”
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How do you write like this. Did you study literature, did you study poetry ., I am very curious. Never read anyone like you. Respect.
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People have said this to me before, asking how I write like this, especially in my college days. Though, you are the first in a while.
I never studied literature, nor poetry. All I write I guess could be termed as “self-taught”. I’ve been writing for 5 years, with a passion. Many say that my work has a “classical ring” to it. I know it’s not popular to write in such a style, as many professors in my college classes have spoken against it, saying that my work sounds “too formal”, and what-not.
Such professors who’ve read my work have used words like “archaic” or “outdated”. I never understood how an artist’s style, which reflects their individualism, can ever be a thing meant for criticism. It’s not something an artist can change if it marks them, as themselves.
Of course, I never listened to those professors. Many others have spoken good for it. And now I have a contract with a local publisher in my state’s county who is publishing a collection of my poems. 🙂
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Modern Romanticism 
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