“Perception”

Yet another of my Summer of 2013 poems.

This poem is about exactly what the title says, perception. I wrote it to be very abstract. I wanted the meaning of this poem to rely on the readers perception of the poem. Since it is about what it means to the individual, it is a poem that each person needs to read for themselves. Your perception of the poem is revealed with that last word. 

“Perception”

Dead the love of long days past;

Battered, beaten, bullied and broke.

The ancient seas, land be clasped;

Choking, croaking, sullied and stuck.

Like heaven gleams, and hopes it raze;

Grim, gory, ghoul'd in gunk.

Gone forever, never a days;

Told, taken, torn amuck.

The cherries eaten, poison and rot;

Slashed, stricken, cold and cuffed.

Laughter of god, wrath has wrought;

Folly'd, fooled, feeble and f...

- Antonio G.