RUINATION
Imagine our collapse, the calamitous end, the shape of our rubble
the fault in our structure, the how did this happen? the sure signs of trouble.
Is it a weakening side that causes lean-to collision
or a central erosion bringing V-shaped submission?
I ask ’cause you were the one carrying doom on your tongue
folding the stories before first beams were strung.
You’re too nice, I’ll only going to ruin you.
The good man, archvillain to self, what is he to do?
So don’t blame me for pushing on the pillars–
this exhaustive decline that makes men into killers,
hoping to believe in any other reason
for foundational flaws than I’m a great person.
There are ways to get naked without intimate flair.
Bad timing? Need to heal? Secret side thing? I don’t much care
because I see a quiet desperation that should quake us to the core
when even the gentle men don’t want to be kind anymore.
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The one italicized line is supposed to read “I’m only going to ruin you.” I made another change and forgot to update the ‘I’ll.’
“when even the gentle men don’t want to be kind anymore” this just made me want to burst into flames. Thank you 👏
“So don’t blame me for pushing on the pillars–” is such a great line for all the images it creates. Really nice.
Came here to say this. Been picturing various monochrome pillars and was glad to run into the topic in your poem. Uneasy about the killers, will say.
Really like “the shape of our rubble”
I like the line about “the good man, archvillain to self.” Painful tension between self-blame and resignation. The ending hits hard, implying that when even gentle men lose the will to be kind, something much deeper has broken. I feel that so much.