I will not die
An unseemly death,
Whatever you may wish.
I will not cry myself to sleep in
Broken, flatulent dreams of you.

I have faced the realms of
Ice-cold heaven, I have sipped
The tepid flames of hell-
Do as you wish, Curse...
Cursed fragment of peace,
Blasphemed devil of desire.
I will not swallow your hungry eyes,
I will not part my flowery words--
Not anymore, not for you.

When you walk the coast alone,
When you lie awake in shivering pain,
Know that you have shamed me,
Shamed the beauty of 'us,' cradled
A dead thing close to your heart and
Tried.....
O, how you tried to breathe life
Into this hollow shell.
I once walked upon water for you,
Now I swim in the volcanic currents
Of spent passion,
Not drowning as you may wish,
Not cowering or chasing or begging.

Do what you will,
I no longer follow your religion,
I no longer worship at your altar-
I am free and whole,
Free, flying free.

Dena L Moore
October 11, 2002

http://denaspoetry.homestead.com

I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has read and commented on my poetry...Bless you.