Raw Earth Ink
spit, mixed with dirt – muddy words flow
Queen of the Drowned
you don’t need
to kick the broken dog
when she’s already laying there
mangled in her own vomit
entrails bulging out
and staring glassy eyes
you don’t need to point out
that she’s ugly and worthless
and nobody will want her now
no
she already knows she can’t run
she knows you’ve moved on so soon
she already knows
she’s the queen of the drowned
her lungs filling
with her own putrid fluids
she watches with bloodshot eyes
as you carve and draw out the blade
your words cut deeper
than she ever thought was possible
eviscerated and tongue hanging out
she licks her chest but
the truth is
her heart has already bled out dry
tara caribou |©️2018
*please remember, this work has nothing to do with or about or towards the blogger mentioned, simply that I used their blog name/title/tagline as a writing prompt.
This one is a little different in that I used two blogs. But both worked and I liked them and didn’t want to change my poem. So for this one, I am describing (minorly) each blog as neither of them follow me and will never see what I’ve written here, I’m sure, unless someone tells them lol.
Here’s #mygifttoyou (dear readers)
Taylor at Queen of the Drowned lives with chronic rare illness and is autistic. I love her blunt frankness she writes with while still full of so much life and heart.
Q at Carve and Draw creates gorgeous pointilism drawings while also sharing snippets of life. I wish I could do what she does. It’s truly delightful.
21 Comments on “Queen of the Drowned”
Raw Earth Ink 
You so ROCK!!!!
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Hahaha! Thanks Bill. So do you.
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Just sayin’ Tara.
Just sayin’.
🙂
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Hehehe! That made me giggle.
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So…in some small way…I’ve repaid all the smiles you’ve gifted me.
Is that what I’m hearing?!?
🙂 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Haha! Thing is, I always smile or laugh when I read your comments. I just don’t always say so. Even my eyes smile. So that’s something.
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So…it’s a deal.
For eternity,
You, Tara, agree to make me smile.
I, Bill, agree to make you smile.
Deal?
🙂
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YES!! I love this deal. It makes my heart sing.
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You’re on!!!!
Be careful what you ask for my friend.
I’m just sayin’.
🙂
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I love laughing. I love to smile. I love it when my eyes twinkle. And most all, I love to see that in the face of another.
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Well…
Tara…
You’re on.
Just know that I’m not afraid of losing.
Nor,
Do I ever lose.
Oh…other than when you make me smile….
But that’s beside the point, dammit!
Why I am so weak?
Sigh…
🙂
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I’ll have you know I’m a ro-sham-bo champion and I’m not afraid to solve disputes using it either 😉
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Ut-oh..
I’m a dead man..
“Uncle”!
I cry “Uncle.”
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We had a deal!
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Okay…
I submit.
I am at your beck and call.
Sigh…
Know that you are all powerful and in complete control!
😊
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Muahahahaha!!!! Oohhh the powah! The POWER!!!
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Yup!!!
The Power!!!!!
You ROCK!!!
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Damn!
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Haha! Right?!
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Sounds like a horror movie. Loved it.
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That’s an interesting way of looking at it! Thanks!
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