Fatal Wounds

murray robertson Uncategorized June 10, 2022 1 Minute

Fatal Wounds

      sometimes fatal 
wounds are painless 

   there is no time
      to form a scab


siding torn off walls
   leaving just siding

      guts exposed
to carrion seekers

anticipating and death
decay maybe termites


rich wood colours
      centuries old

look and marvel
   these colours
don't come easy


small running feet
   of young children
echo on those floors

   celebrating beginning
a life we might've envied
      (our forefathers)

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I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there. Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that too.) I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, sometimes more what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic. I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. I have shared poems on the internet, to an audience with more than 150 million views and I'm considering making a selection of poems, in a book or books. View all posts by murray robertson

Published June 10, 2022

4 thoughts on “Fatal Wounds”

writingpresence says:

June 11, 2022 at 7:38 am

not sure to what ‘(our forefathers)’ refers?

it relates to the whole juicy poem, obviously, but why is it just there at the end, bracketed as almost an afterthought? Leaves me feeling there is something to resolve… perhaps it would fit better earlier in the poem?

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1. murray robertson says:
  
  June 11, 2022 at 3:07 pm
  
  Thank you writingpresence!
  
  I meant to refer to an earlier time (a hundred years before the present when it has been destroyed).
  
  Sometimes it isn’t easy to say things in just a few lines.
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arlenecorwin says:

June 11, 2022 at 11:16 pm

This one is a bit difficult for me. It will require more thing through.

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1. murray robertson says:
  
  June 12, 2022 at 12:28 am
  
  Thank you arlenecorwin!
  
  Sometimes deciphering a poem is like understanding a dream you can’t quite remember, a dream you had a week ago.
  
  You have a better chance if you know the poet or are the poet…
  🙂
  
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