The Stage of Martyrdom: Poetry of Abi Rodriguez
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A form of free verse unlike any other, The Stage Of Martyrdom, is filled from beginning to end with Powerful, and poignant writing. Providing a keen insight to the human mind and heart, as it experiences the many stages of Love. Theres something for everyone in this book, as Abi Rodriguez delivers a masterfully crafted work of Art, which speaks to us in a timeless manner as Love itself is never ending.
Abi Rodriguez
Abi Rodriguez has been a writer for 15 years, starting at the young age of eight. He has since Written six Anthologies of Poetry, Plays for the stage, scripts for short films, and full length Screen & Teleplays. He is now 23 years old and resides in CT, where he Manages Everlit Pro — a company he started to help manage and represent Artists of all facets. Having moved out on his own at age 15, Abi has experienced an amount of life far beyond his years, and has used those experiences, (among them, growing up in poverty, carving his own bright path, and spending six years in the Army), to weave intense writing, which has moved and inspired his fans for years.
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The Stage of Martyrdom - Abi Rodriguez
© 2011 Abi Rodriguez. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
First published by AuthorHouse 3/4/2011
ISBN: 978-1-4567-5129-6 (e)
ISBN: 978-1-4567-5130-2 (dj)
ISBN: 978-1-4567-5131-9 (sc)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011903695
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
ANTHOLOGY IV:
The Eternal Fires Of Lust And Loss
A Meal For Three
A Song For Isolde
An Eerie Bliss
At Night She Comes To Me
Baby’s Poem
Beads of Glitter
Cynical Folly
Days Of Eden
Dear Happiness
Essence Of Calamity
Everlasting
Ghetto Gospel
He Who Heard The Whisper
Hidden Lovers For All Time
Hurt So Good
Just Beneath the Lashes
La Sonrisa Del Sol
Love On Love
Memoirs From A Cell
My T-Bear And I
My Truly Forever
Paradox
Scarlet Secrecy
She Walked, Disguised As You
The Alpha - Male
The Angels Of Blue
The Beating Abyss
The Bells Of Harley And Jane
The Breeders Of Love
The Chameleon
The Crimson Of My Misery
The Despondence Of Love
The Dissolution Of Amorosity
The Eternal Fires of Lust And Loss
The Game
The Glitz And The Glamour
The Hundred - Mile Road
The Jaded Memories
The Love-fool
The Realm Of Foolish Pride
The Show Of Lights And Laughter
The Stage of Martyrdom
The Subtleties Of Us
The Threshold Of The Drowning Smiles
The Wasted Heart
Tick Tock Torment
Tidbits
Triple 7
Twice Untitled
When The Sky Bled
White Walls Of Mundanity
Wonderland
4:15am
The Prince And His Girl Baby
ANTHOLOGY V:
The Parade Of Carnality
A Short Tall Tale
Aphrodisia
As I Lay At Night
Comes To Light
Euphoria
Hedonia
In The A.M.
Making Ecstasy
Nostalgia
On The Couch Of Many Sighs
Our Night
Shorties
Tears Of Lust
The Parade Of Carnality
The Poison Fruit
The Unnamed
Tonight
Two Tight Tails
ANTHOLOGY VI:
The Metaphysics Of You And I
A Truck Named Satire
Cherished
Dawn Of Our Ecstasy
Hymns From The Undead
Infinitely Yours
On The Coldest Night
Perpetual Romance
Regression
Reverie
Solace
The Disparity In You
The Flightless Night
The Necessary Breaths
The Plush Intimacies
The Puppeteers
The Searing Inquisition
Unbound: The Price of Freedom
Utopia
For Jillian Elizabeth Talbot;
Thank you for the time, friendship, Love, and guidance we shared, as it will always resonate within me.
And a special thanks to Alyssa Latimer, David Rosenblit,
Jose Morales, and my sister Jacqueline Viera,
- You always believed in my writing, and didn’t allow me to give up on my gift.
And to Heather Ozmun, for you have cradled my aspirations, and allowed them to flourish within a warm Love,
Which has enabled me to Live my dreams each and every day.
Author’s Note
The book you’re about to read is an insight on the great Loves I was so fortunate to have in my life, I hold nothing back, from joy, to pain, to anger, to debauchery. I hope you thoroughly enjoy my writings, and hope that in some way it can shed light on your own life, and Love. For Love is everything, it is why we Are. So when you Love hold nothing back, and regret nothing; for its how I’ve lived so blessed, at times in pain, but mostly in immense joy, knowing that I am, and have Loved, Profoundly.
So to everyone mentioned in this book, or in any of my earlier writings, I’d like to say thank you. And, whether we spent a day, five weeks, or years together as Lovers or friends, I truly Love you, and will continue to do so until my lips draw last breath, because it is for Love that I continue to Live, and Strive for greatness.
ANTHOLOGY IV:
The Eternal Fires Of Lust And Loss
The Poems in this Anthology were written between 08/30/2007, and 02/17/2011.
A Meal For Three
My stomach turns at the sight of his hand on your face,
Then again as he brushes away your hair.
You look over at me, with hopes I didn’t see,
So does it shame you now to think you may have hurt me?
But I understand, for I let this be,
When I handed the shattered pieces of my heart to thee;
Which you gripped so innocently, with youthful passion and hope,
And this time I’m the silly bloke
- who went along cluelessly.
But then again, so did he,
For he holds you now, so Lovingly;
Unaware that you tasted of me so recently.
As I lick my lips, I brush away remnants of your body,
And relive last night - when you held me ever tight.
I’m disrupted by his laugh as you pull away from his grasp,
And make your way towards me;
But I pull away suddenly,
For I imagine him inside of you, a tale I now know to be true.
As I walk away I see your sadness grow,
A side you hate to let show.
And though it pains me that we’ll soon grow apart,
I’m done with these foolish games of the heart.
- For the one I call Muse
A Song For Isolde
Her heart beats a new song for him,
And my song comes to an end.
But all too often I see her face on yours,
And Imagine her lips on mine;
As I count down these slow hours,
Which tick away tormenting time.
I seem to find peace in your arms,
As her image becomes harder to store;
I think my mind blurs her away purposely,
In order to save me from the impending pain brought upon by her memory;
So I feel away her caress, as I’m awoken by yours.
But still I fear the day that she’ll come walking back through my door,
Because I know my song for her will play until our hearts’ beat - bitter end.
Harmony.
And if that day should come, and all our Love is redone,
Will my beauty return with ‘us’?
Or will it remain as it was; simply dust?
- Inspired partly by the writing of Alyssa Latimer
- For the one I call Muse
An Eerie Bliss
Green eyes above me, and I’m going through hell;
I wish I knew the words to say these things I need to tell.
My heart stopped for a moment today,
And that’s not a euphemism or exaggeration of truth,
It’s merely what happened when my eyes caught a glimpse of you.
My lungs struggled to find air,
but without the beating of my heart, they found none;
While my mind tried to make sense of what had just gone on,
but without the pumping blood, all answers seemed wrong.
Then a car clipped my side as I was watching you move,
Could you be