Raw Earth Ink
spit, mixed with dirt – muddy words flow
Pollution
My lips burn to say the words
I love you
It almost doesn’t seem fair
Dragging you down to me
See you’re wonderful
Incredible
Amazing
Not perfect but you’re simply you
And I contaminate you with my filth
My sins and my darkness
I’m selfish
I want you
But if you’re pure light
I’m tar
Enslaving covering
Sucking you down into my depths
Marring you
If you step in to my heart
You’ll never be cleansed of me again
I’ll infect you with my decay
Pollute you with my impurity
Defile you with my foulness
And yet even so my lips continue to seethe
Tingling and tormented
With the longing to tell you
Just how much I love you
tara caribou | ©️2018
27 Comments on “Pollution”
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Your poem exudes beauty and depth, and it is absolutely breathtaking! I really loved it
Also, I nominated you for the 3 Day Quote Challenge. Please do check out my post for more info if you want to participate here:
https://mvadi.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/3-day-quote-challenge-1-day-2/
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Thanks for the nice comment. I’m so glad you liked it.
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You’re welcome
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Beautifully penned Tara 🙂
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Yup I can relate to every word of this Tara.
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Lame. I’m sorry for that. Thanks for reading though.
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this Is wistful and longing and filled with confession. Love it.
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Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.
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I get it. This is great work.
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Thanks. But it sucks that you can relate.
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Did you ever consider that you aren’t polluting and infecting him? Perhaps, if he were to read this, he would see it differently. Perhaps, in his eyes, it is the other way around. Maybe, just maybe, each would somehow cleanse the other… Hmmm… Just food for thought. Still, I loved this, like another commenter said… “It is wistful, longing and filled with confession”
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Yes. Perhaps. He’d be wrong, but still, I guess he could feel that way.
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Lmao. Always have to be right, Tara?
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Aren’t I always?? As I perceive things, anyway.
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That ‘Pollution’ could be discerned as purifying by that other person.
Beautiful.
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hhmmm… I guess it could be. I’m not sure how tar could purify. I think it gums things up and ruins everything.
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Really really bad. Funny how many likes it is getting, but that must be the pity-vote, or something like that. I told you, I’d tell you what you wanted hear, so I guess, I’m quite alone in my opinions, but that is life, isn’t it?!
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Hahaha! Definitely pity-votes.
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I’ll be there for you as well, the next time you decide to do something similar. I really try to mirror your likes and dislikes, but I am also affected by what others say as well. Are they liking something that you dislike or is it just that I haven’t put on my blog-glasses today, and think I am seeing something that resembles something else? Either way it will end up being a no win-no win situation, if left to chance, which is why I felt it necessary to comment in the first place.
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This feeling… I sadly know all too well. Sometimes I feel like I have too much baggage for anyone to handle and so I don’t allow anyone to really get too close to me. I think it’s my way of shielding myself from disappointment… fear of getting attached, only to lose it.
I may be reading this wrong, but your words made me think of this feeling. Another beautifully written piece, Tara. 😊
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You nailed it. Thanks for the nice compliment. I appreciate it.
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You’re very welcome 🙂
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This one is rather heavy! I hope you don’t feel that badly about yourself!!?
Dwight
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Tainted
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Yes
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WoW! Wonderfully penned
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Thank you so very much!
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