Delilah and Lover Dearest

by The Queen of Spades   Oct 2, 2007


Delilah's dead
And her lover, too
Two coffins await them
Both black and blue.

But how did this passing
So morbid, occur?
It's awful and tragic
Of that I concur.

Delilah was cheating
Her love, the breadwinner
He came home one night
Found her locked with a sinner

All he wanted was love
All she wanted was sex
And the words and actions got
Thrown out of context

Their perfect suburbia
Was the cold, flawless nightmare
Hatred and ambivalence
Under a pretense of warm care

But no one would throw punches
Though tensions were high
For violence would not solve
This calculated lie

Their bedsheets are black
Their pillows are blue
Their souls sleep dead inside them
Wishing it was through

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  • 16 years ago

    by Teria

    "But no one would throw punches."
    ^^ I think it would sound better like:
    But, no one threw punches.

    Amazing poem, dark. I figured that though, when you said that's what you were looking for. [[There's nothing wrong with that, if it's how I made it sound, btw.]].

    Overall, the poem was quite good. I actually am quite fond of it. The flow was flawless, along with the rhyme. The entire poem [[excluding that one line]] was amazing. I really, really like it.

    Keep it up.

    4/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Independence Forever

    Very good, i liked the rhyming such as occur and concurr and i never knew someone could use suburbia like that before. but anyways, great poem with good pacing and format

    your servant:
    atticus

  • 16 years ago

    by goddess-glamourpuss

    What a great piece. I loved the twist at the end and the contrast of the black and blue. I did find the rhyme seemed a bit forced at times and the breadwinner line was a bit odd. A little tweaking and this would be amazing!

  • 16 years ago

    by Pete

    I love the story being portrayed here, I especially like how you twisted it all around right at the end. I do really like that in a poem, something that keeps you guessing from start to finish.
    Wonderful use of vocabulary, beautifully penned.
    My only main concern is that it sounds a little forced at times. You could do with a bit of work on the flow, parts of it seem uncomfortable to read.

    "Delilah was cheating
    Her love was the breadwinner"

    The second line here didn't sit right with me. A shuffle of the words would possibly inprove the flow of that stanza.

    Overall i thought it was a great piece of work, brilliant imagery used throughout.

    With the tiniest bit of modification would be amazing.

    The twist alone deserves the [5/5].

    Nice work.

    ~Pete

  • 16 years ago

    by Beautiful Chaos

    I enjoyed this write, but the flow was not very steady.

    Delilah's dead
    Her lover, too
    Two coffins await
    Both black and blue.

    Delilah was cheating
    Her love was the breadwinner
    He came home one night
    Revealed her a sinner

    Just taking out or changing a word here or there would help with the flow. I like the story though.