No Welcome in Hell
Burn
Till skin is crisp
I want you to know my soul
Under your feet
As you march
I want cacophonous wails
And speed of fright
A skull ripped from a seam
I want you to hear
Munch’s silent scream
Angry vicious
Clinical and mercenary
White heat
Stench of carcass
Charcoal footprints
Smouldering
Hissing
Wounded air
Squeezing itself
Out of life
The torture of death
That will not leave
A tattooed cremation
A graft on my eyes
To feel what you should see
The fire
Burns
The flames
Follow
There is no cold
Until you melt
I will burn
Till you have felt
That which you refuse
To feel
©JMcN 2010 (aka pop gondola)
Hey folks,
thanks once again for taking time to pass comment I really do appreciate it. The poem is about the horrors of war in general and how the soul of a dead soldier cannot rest until those that caused the war (usually bloodthirsty politicians)feel the pain and consequence of their actions.
Thanks
Pop
Planet people, I’d love to read some explications of this. Relax. It’s not an assignment and there is no due date.
chase, I’m sure the poet himself could explain it better, but I think it is about the horrors of war as seen through the individual soldier’s eyes. And how he wishes us, who do not go to war, to see and feel as he does. That many people “refuse,” to feel, in any way, the pain and horror of war.
PG, I hope I didn’t take liberties with this compelling poem.
I’m puzzled too, but I see it as starting from the adage that “war is hell”. It morphs war imagery with hell imagery. I don’t know who the person that is suffering in hell is, if perhaps it is someone who committed an atrocity in an earlier war, perhaps?
Anyway, that’s my take. I think it’s meant to express war/hell through images of rage, hate and agony. War is all those things, after all.
Welcome to the Planet PG. I like your poem. You’ll fit right in here, there are several poets here. Just curious, but are you a veteran? Your bio is pretty cool too. A fellow miscreant like myself! 🙂
Very kewl. It lives up to the best personal description I ever read BTW.
Ditto what you said.
Well, I liked it. But I am a huge fan of death metal.
And only those who are familiar with death metal realize most of it is anti-war. At least when it comes to stuff like Slayer, etc.
I’m a fan of Industrial. Much the same approach to dark subject matter. They both wade into and confront the oft times seemingly inherent inhumanity of human nature head on.