Sting

by Paul Tristram / May 2nd, 2021

Put your pretty lips to this
… and tell me, honestly,
can you taste
the Downward Spiral?
Oh, I’m just throwing
a ‘Slant’
into your upright
Moral Compass
… and smashing a ‘Ding’
in the fairy-tale Armour
which surrounds your
plum-pudding rich Heart.
I was observing
when REJECTION
clouded your hopeful eyes
… before Backdrafting
and transforming
your once Eloquent Face
into ‘Scorn’ and ‘War’
… and I have come
to help you target practice,
until you find new Balance.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.