Devour Me Poem by Leah Ayliffe

Devour Me

Rating: 4.7


The mundane talk around me makes me want to die
I cry tears of crystal, clear and majestic 
Sparkling in the moonlight
I can't handle staying here in this mediocre world when I'm soaring past the stars in my heart 
Take me away, devour me in art. 

Friday, January 23, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: art
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Feldman 23 January 2015

This poem is a Diamond that puts to shame the weak light flowing from the stars. Perfect! !

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Loyd C Taylor Sr 23 January 2015

I think we all have been there. I enjoyed, Loyd Taylor

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Rajesh Thankappan 24 January 2015

This shows your commitment towards your chosen art. A gem of a poem, sparkling spontaneously. Since the current topic on PH is on ‘ Peace, ’ I invite you to read my poem entitled ‘ A Nice Wise Guy, ’ on PH

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Khairul Ahsan 27 January 2015

I am amazed to read your beautiful short poem. It itself is a beautiful piece of art. A heart that soars high in the sky cannot be happy with the mundane, mediocre world. The last line is very absorbing, appealing.10/10 from me.

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E Nigma 05 February 2015

Leah you simply can't put a price tag on something like this though some would try to you simply can't these are wise words that go beyond any wisdom they bring to mind. They say something and it's very loud, precise and clear! Corporations promote what makes money while true art fades in the background and sometimes never sees the light of day. So sad it is and I understand your sentiment on every level =) P'S congrats on P.O.T.D I couldn't leave a comment that day this site was being bi-polar in the worst of ways or I would have. =)

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C F 01 March 2019

An artist's or writer's ultimate ambition but always deadened by the mundane grind of daily life. Well written poem, thanks for sharing.

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Kevin Patrick 02 January 2016

A portrait of every persons own dilemma conveyed in these wonderful words from your delicate hand. What your saying is definitely something I can relate and many hear have said, but you do it with a beauty and magnitude that is all your own. Stellar stuff, and may art be healing you.

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Melvina Germain 05 October 2015

Art within art, your words have soared past the page and touch the hearts of many...thank you for sharing.....

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Dr Antony Theodore 09 September 2015

can't handle staying here in this mediocre world when I'm soaring past the stars in my heart Take me away, devour me in art. this last sentence was the key of your poem. when the heart soars high, you desire to escape this mundane and mediocre....... aim high. you will become great.

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Daniel Brick 23 February 2015

I really like this metaphor that opens the poem I CRY TEARS OF CRYSTAL, CLEAR AND MAJESTIC / SPARKLING IN THE MOONLIGHT. The language there is so heightened it pushes the memory of mundane speech out of the picture. Unfortunately, the metaphor is only words, so the crisis continues. And it has grown to encompass the mediocrity of the world. And your responsive metaphor is even more expansive I'M SOARING PAST THE STARS IN MY HEART. Words as tools of transcendence can't go any further, so the poem ends with a kind of self -immolation: DEVOUR ME IN ART, which promises an intense lifestyle of creativity as a way out of both the mundane and the mediocre. This a Poem of Commitment and Liberation.

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