flawed metamorphosis

the condom I left in the trashcan
[to punish myself]
was an elephant by this morning
and it stepped on my face

afterwards
[nose bleeding and teeth chattering]
I crept into glorious sunlight
as butterflies exit a dank cocoon

self-loathing and mind-numbing apathy
[old familiar friends]
escorted my shaky passage
through the pastel breeze of spring

like a forgotten war veteran
[shell-shocked and shamed]
I marveled at misery
and longed for the past

in flawed metamorphosis
[flawed logic, flawed lust]
I lost my means of flight
when they tore as I escaped

• A former member wrote: The first stanza cracks me up... it's so matter of fact. the elephant... stepped on my face. and from there into the glorious sunlight. good job liz.
  
  
• A former member wrote: Funny we seem to die after we feel we've lived the most
  
  
• On Friday, June 3, 2005, MelvinOliverDrauma (496) wrote:
  
  this poem for some reason reminds me of the book Rules of Attraction.....it relates a very real image, though I'm sure it's not the one your trying to convey, it speaks to me of my late adolescence...when I made meny meny mistakes, mistakes that I am jus
  
  
• On Friday, June 3, 2005, MelvinOliverDrauma (496) wrote:
  
  just starting to learn from now
  
  
• On Sunday, March 27, 2005, birdwell (153) wrote:
  
  this is the best poem i've read in weeks ~db~
  
  
• On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Liz (339) wrote:
  
  this is still one of the best comments i've ever gotten
  
  
• On Thursday, March 24, 2005, Solace (1272) wrote:
  
  *I marveled at misery and longed for the past* Gods, the expression in this is flawless, a truly awe inspiring piece...brilliant indeed
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, sIo (793) wrote:
  
  damn....just damn.
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, Anth (1437) wrote:
  
  the first verse just reminded me of that rolo advert, lol, sorry:P ill read the poem now
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, Liz (339) wrote:
  
  I don't think I've seen that one ;-)
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, Anth (1437) wrote:
  
  he teases an elephant with his last rolo i think as a kid and then years later the elephant whacks himover the head or sumfin like that...id give you my last rolo liz:D
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, Liz (339) wrote:
  
  Thank you anth. Really.
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, avlar (26) wrote:
  
  wow...its all i can say
  
  
• On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, Anth (1437) wrote:
  
  damn incredible write,the imagery, so powerful,and the way you describe it,,,i have to say this poem is flawless, the emerging,contrast, starkness, bleakness all these words spring to mind here..and then that last part, breathtaking