Metastasis
You knew better
yet surfed the wave blindly
until it
crashed on you,
stealing friends
and memories to
the abyss deep and new
your pointless yelps
wash you back
to the feet
of the beast
you know better
and yet
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that which you know you cannot resist…. but.
wonderful work.
love the suspension in the end
“your pointless yelps was you back to the feet of the beast” <love that!
Yes.
Eerie, almost frightening poem. Very effective, those short suspended lines, the trailing off at the end. I feel Merwyn here, smiling…
and yet…