A Monstrous Prayer. (Mary Shelley) Poem by John C. Smith
A Monstrous Prayer. (Mary Shelley)
Inside my borrowed brain
and misshapen torso;
with this borrowed heart
soaked in tears
from borrowed eyes,
I pray to any borrowed God
that I have a soul
which is mine own.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: philosophical
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I wrote this after reading a story about a funeral director in America selling body parts from the dead he was supposed to bury. Mary Shelley's book sprang to mind.
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4/26/2024 1:32:16 PM # 1.0.0.1119
the soul belong to no one but it is in everyone.