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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2012-10-05 07:26 PM

The Wrong Side...

Woke up 'the wrong side of the bed,
Clear thought eluding cloudy head...
Set to face another day of dread,
I simply close my eyes.

Can't wash anxiety away,
(Set to plague me throughout the day);
For all my life it's been this way,
Hope dancing with demise.

This wish, it fell before full known –
A child hiding in shadows, thrown
To a world of spite, and hate, alone...
Appreciation but never

Granted these eyes that darkness stole.
Drug on, further through this black hole,
Till, robed in ash, awoke the soul
'The wrong side of forever.

Can't slow down that river of thought –
Of all I held in life, for naught –
Of all the pain effort, alone, has wrought...
And what have I to keep?

The love of life, once thought anointed,
Leaving me nothing but disjointed,
In disillusion, self-appointed,
Coming at the price of sleep.

And still this world demands more,
So out trudge I for the encore...
Paying no attention to odds, to score;
Again, just close my eyes.

As, somewhere, a boy lost in dream,
Watching the stars in heaven gleam,
Will never have a chance to scream
As pitch black grow his skies.

Michael Anderson

Death's but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God.

Thomas Parnell

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-10-05 07:35 PM

quote:
Can't slow down that river of thought –
Of all I held in life, for naught –
Of all the pain effort, alone, has wrought...
And what have I to keep?

Eh, I would say that you have more to keep than you realize, Michael. Still, not knowing all your circumstance, I will defer.

When you get to going with your poetry it is like seeing magic on the monitor. Your delivery and rhyming patterns are precise and excellent. I admire your talent, buddy . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2012-10-05 10:03 PM

Michael,

I realized after I read this poem that I was leaning towards the screen, savoring every word. I forgot to breath.

Thank you.
Alison

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-10-07 08:26 PM

I always ponder over your poems long after I read them, Michael.
Ida

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

4 posted 2012-10-07 09:18 PM

You mean there is a 'right' side of the bed?? Dang! I have to re-look at mine and see where it is. Lots and lots of bridges, my friend, and always different from the other side which basically eliminates turning around...

Good write as usual..

j.

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