Decay

Craig Shillington

Decay

Poem Collaboration time people :) :)


  1. The idea here is to add TWO lines of the poem and let someone else add another two lines as we form a poem around the photo that can be added to the Red Bubble Collaboration Hub. :) Get involved and let’s see what wonderful work we can all make together :) :)
  1. You can still leave normal comments if you don’t want to join in.
  1. You can also come back at anytime to add another two lines, just give others a chance to add first :)

HAVE FUN!!!


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  1. Decay (Thus far)

She spun webs with her pulsing veins
The sun drying away her pains…
A mindless shell of what she used to be
Incomplete within her misery
But is there hope for her today?
To wash the numbing pain away
No longer will her prey come near
Empty ravening is her fear
Full of sleep she dreams of a past happiness,
Only to wake to this nightmare
The painful price for existence
The easing only with substance
Red blood, red deep
She hopes no nightmares in her sleep
Or breaks in heart;
It hurts to cry,
Her only release
To be free, die
In decay, release
Goodness returns to earth
And from these inner most feelings,
She will give birth.
Life seductively, finite
Womb life…life shivers
Will this new life bring meaning to her own
Or more imprisoned in a world all alone
She wept tears that spun into tormented years
But felt an emotional embrace releasing her fears
Her spirit, her fire her life and her love
Born down below now free, flies above…
Her works of art , the webs she wove
Stays strong and perfect, with gentle hold.
They flutter gently, in the breeze,
Only her can they appease
Her physical body may be gone…
But her art lives on and on.

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Decay by Craig Shillington
Decay by Craig Shillington
  • WitheringMoon

    WitheringMoon

    oooh has an eerie fell to it!! i like =) will join in with this peom but i’m not creative enuf to start it off lol!!! =)

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    Hehehe Thanks Kelly ;) And I disagree greatly about you not being creative enough!!! Tsk Tsk :)

  • Jessica  Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    she spun webs with her pulsing veins
    the sun drying away her pains…

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    AH HA!!!! Thanks for starting it off Jess …. :) :) VBS {{{{hugs}}}}

  • MissKristy

    MissKristy

    a mindless shell of what she used to be
    incomplete within her misery

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    VBS :) Thanks Kristy :) :)

  • Halcyon007

    Halcyon007

    But is there hope for her today?
    To wash the numbing pain away

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    VBS G’day there Stuart :) :) Thanks for that mate :)

  • Di Edwards

    Di Edwards

    No longer will her prey come near
    Empty ravening is her fear

  • WitheringMoon

    WitheringMoon

    Full of sleep she dreams of a past happiness,
    Only to wake to this nightmare

  • gaypony

    gaypony

    the painful price for existence
    the easing only with substance

  • EarthquakeBee

    EarthquakeBee

    red blood, red deep
    she hopes no nightmares in her sleep

  • kseriphyn

    kseriphyn

    Or breaks in heart;
    It hurts to cry,

  • gaypony

    gaypony

    her only release
    to be free, die

  • Durotriges

    Durotriges

    Ye gods, this is a cheery one, isn’t it? Now let me see…. How about -

    “In decay, release
    Goodness returns to earth”

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    And from these inner most feelings,
    she will give birth.

  • Popular Mr

    Popular Mr

    Hmmm…another one that I would enjoy printing in the darkroom if it was a b/w negative.

    Good one

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    Life seductively, finite
    Womb life…life shivers

  • Durotriges

    Durotriges

    Like that couplet MBartworks – nice one! :-D

  • Kayla Vernon

    Kayla Vernon

    Will this new life bring meaning to her own
    or more imprisoned in a world all alone

  • Pepper

    Pepper

    she wept tears that spun into tormented years
    but felt an emotional embrace releasing her fears

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    her spirit, her fire her life and her love
    born down below now free, flies above…

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    Here’s another image that I thhink would suit this poem. Womb by Cliff Vestergaard.

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    Her works of art , the webs she wove
    stays strong and perfect, with gentle hold.

  • AmandaWitt

    AmandaWitt

    They flutter gently, in the breeze,
    only her can they appease

  • georgiegirl

    georgiegirl

    You guys are all amazing!! I’d join in but I don’t have any decaying thoughts today!! I’m happy reading what you create!!

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    Hey Craig…what’s happening with the collaboration?.....is it somewhere else on the site and I;ve missed it? probably LOL – I am not that quick with IT stuff yet – need to improve my computer skills!!! S:))))

  • lareejc

    lareejc

    Her physical body may be gone…
    But her art lives on and on.

  • Craig Shillington

    Craig Shillington

    WOW!!!!! VBS!! WOW Everyone that is sooooooooo good :) :) I think I’ll end this one on Laree’s two lines … seems to close the poem so well :) Thanks so much everyone. I’ll organize this with credits and post it in the Forum :) :) VBS

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