Damaged Goods
A Poem72 total reviews
Comment from anabellapongasi
Curt,
I've read each one of your sad biographical poems before this but I couldn't write reviews because they always left me in such a state that I couldn't come up with anything to say without being emotional. Now I'm struggling with this but I have to let you know this time how your story in your poem affected me. I know these things happened a long time ago but my heart still cried for the precious little boy who was so heartlessly destroyed by such an evil person. I don't know what I would do if such terrible evil happened to any of my children. I can understand your resentment towards God for allowing such a horrible thing to happen to you. I wish there was something I can say or do for you to make it all go away...But I can only pray...and hope that God will slowly but surely heal you. Not easy, but not impossible. Perhaps your being able to share this story in your poems now are a good sign that you are about ready to be delivered from the bondage of the nightmares of the past.?
Again, I am offering my prayers and understanding. I wish you the best.
Anabella
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Curt,
I've read each one of your sad biographical poems before this but I couldn't write reviews because they always left me in such a state that I couldn't come up with anything to say without being emotional. Now I'm struggling with this but I have to let you know this time how your story in your poem affected me. I know these things happened a long time ago but my heart still cried for the precious little boy who was so heartlessly destroyed by such an evil person. I don't know what I would do if such terrible evil happened to any of my children. I can understand your resentment towards God for allowing such a horrible thing to happen to you. I wish there was something I can say or do for you to make it all go away...But I can only pray...and hope that God will slowly but surely heal you. Not easy, but not impossible. Perhaps your being able to share this story in your poems now are a good sign that you are about ready to be delivered from the bondage of the nightmares of the past.?
Again, I am offering my prayers and understanding. I wish you the best.
Anabella
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you Annabella,
Your thoughts and rating are most kind.
I don't know if anyone who has suffered like this can ever be "normal" but I don't want my life to be a wasted moment in time because of it either. The only thing I have of value in this world is my writing, so I pour myself into it with everything I have. In the end, it will be all that is left of me for the world to see.
Curt
Comment from Sacred Heart
Hi Curt, I missed you. Hope all is going well. Your poem really tears at my heartstrings but is very well written. Good use of meter and rhyme. Life is full of many hardships and tradgedys but if we can rise above them through our journey then they serve a purpose even if it's only to help another rise above their tragic circumstances too. Take care, Love Light Patty
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Hi Curt, I missed you. Hope all is going well. Your poem really tears at my heartstrings but is very well written. Good use of meter and rhyme. Life is full of many hardships and tradgedys but if we can rise above them through our journey then they serve a purpose even if it's only to help another rise above their tragic circumstances too. Take care, Love Light Patty
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you Patty.
I have been trying desperately to hold onto what I can, and as of yet I haven't let go.
I really do hope that my words can somehow help others. Maybe that would take the sting out of the memories.
Again, thank you my friend,
Curt
Comment from words
Very well written.
Every word hits home.
Your control over the medium while expressing such personal horror, is most impressive.
Powerful ending to a powerful poem:Those songs I sang, they saved my soul
but nothing fractured comes back whole,
the little boy raped in those woods
will always feel like damaged goods.
You've made a perfect piece of art out of horror.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Very well written.
Every word hits home.
Your control over the medium while expressing such personal horror, is most impressive.
Powerful ending to a powerful poem:Those songs I sang, they saved my soul
but nothing fractured comes back whole,
the little boy raped in those woods
will always feel like damaged goods.
You've made a perfect piece of art out of horror.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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If I wrote only what i felt, it would be a poem with one long scream and nothing more.
To this day, when I get nervous, a song will pop into my head. Right now, it is "It's Been Awhile" by Staind. Especially the line that "it's been awhile since I've gone and f--ked things up, just like I always do."
But, that's just me.
Thank you so much for your thoughts and rating my friend, i truly do appreciate your time.
Curt
Comment from AmorGentil
The beast in human disguise, insanity, demon perversion, that's all is led on those creatures of hell, they pray in the innocent, they will have their day, but they don't care, they are already death.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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The beast in human disguise, insanity, demon perversion, that's all is led on those creatures of hell, they pray in the innocent, they will have their day, but they don't care, they are already death.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you my friend.
Your thoughts are always very much appreciated.
Curt
Comment from amada
To say the truth this was pretty disturbing, I know thiese thigs are going on somewhere, but to write with so touching and intimate details must take a person all his strenght and passion. So much talent in here dear writer, I want to concentrate on that.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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To say the truth this was pretty disturbing, I know thiese thigs are going on somewhere, but to write with so touching and intimate details must take a person all his strenght and passion. So much talent in here dear writer, I want to concentrate on that.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you Amada,
It does take a lot out of me to write these works. The emotional toll is heavy, but the damage of leaving it unspoken is even worse.
Thank you again for your thoughts my friend,
Curt
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I understand. My best to you dear friend. I think this year I will have the courage to write about my mother's coldness. The pain of being unloved by a mother leaves an everlasting pain. I'm scared to touch even the surface for I might feel underneath.
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I hope you can my friend. Don't worry about the floods of tears, I shed my share while writing too.
Comment from Sherelynne
Wow, I thought that this was well written.
The rhymes seemed perfect. The meter flowed exceptionally well.
As a reader, I was left with the horrific image of a child savagely brutalized.
Is this true?
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Wow, I thought that this was well written.
The rhymes seemed perfect. The meter flowed exceptionally well.
As a reader, I was left with the horrific image of a child savagely brutalized.
Is this true?
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you for your thoughts on this piece my friend. I truly appreciate your comments and your rating.
Unfortunately, yes, it is true.
Curt
Comment from Sasha
I really don't know what to say other than this is deeply disturbing and written with amazing passion. As I have said before, this is something I can personally relate to and despite its dark nature, I find some level of comfort in your words. It is hard to explain, but I guess not holding it in is a form of healing. Superb work!
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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I really don't know what to say other than this is deeply disturbing and written with amazing passion. As I have said before, this is something I can personally relate to and despite its dark nature, I find some level of comfort in your words. It is hard to explain, but I guess not holding it in is a form of healing. Superb work!
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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I think that is the most wonderful thing anyone could say to me Smurph. It brings tears to my eyes to know that you can find some comfort in this piece. It hurts like nothing I can explain to write these pieces, but I would suffer it a million times over if I can help someone in their fight.
Thank you, and thank you again for your most special review.
Take care,
Curt
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Please know that your words do bring comfort. I am sorry for the pain they cause but maybe, like you said, knowing they help someone, you can get some comfort of your own.
Comment from Shirley B
Dear Curt, Your poem really touched me in a way that only someone that has traveled the same road would only know. Your poem spoke to me like a song. When it comes to child abusers I have no love or forgiveness within me. I truly enjoyed your poem, The rhyme and rhythm were brillant. Thank you for writing this, Shirley
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Dear Curt, Your poem really touched me in a way that only someone that has traveled the same road would only know. Your poem spoke to me like a song. When it comes to child abusers I have no love or forgiveness within me. I truly enjoyed your poem, The rhyme and rhythm were brillant. Thank you for writing this, Shirley
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you Shirley,
It does my heart so much good to know that I can touch others with my words, and maybe, just maybe help them to cope. I have no love for a child molester either, but over the years I have learned to lose the hate also. It isn't gone, but I don't want to go out and murder them all either. I guess that's progress.
Take care Shirley, you always have a friend here.
Curt
Comment from luna
Excellent, Curt. I truly hope this was cathartic to write. I have similar issues - we have more in common than you may realize. I can totally relate to the feelings as you have memorialized them in this poem. You are a survivor today, always remember that. More to come in a PM.
Love,
Jenny *smile*
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Excellent, Curt. I truly hope this was cathartic to write. I have similar issues - we have more in common than you may realize. I can totally relate to the feelings as you have memorialized them in this poem. You are a survivor today, always remember that. More to come in a PM.
Love,
Jenny *smile*
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Hi Jenny,
Well, it both breaks my heart and does it good at the same time that we are more alike than I thought.
Has it colored your entire life too? Has it affected you to where you don't know what real love is? Stabilty, what the hell is that? (lol)
Thank you for the rating Jenny, and I look forward to talking with you more about this in PM.
Curt
Comment from winsome
Wow, This is a lot to think about. The poem itself is so well written and the ryhmes are perfect. The story is chilling. But it gets attention.
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Wow, This is a lot to think about. The poem itself is so well written and the ryhmes are perfect. The story is chilling. But it gets attention.
Comment Written 18-Apr-2010
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2010
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Thank you my friend,
Don't dwell on it too long, or you'll end up a basket case like me.
Curt