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Open Poetry #35

Around the mulberry bush

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-04-16 03:58 PM

Unseen strings of wanting more
but always getting less
manacle the hands
to despondency
and tie the heart to bedposts
of disability.

Draped in somber darkness
of an emotional abyss
I thought why not traverse
this territory of dirt
tomorrow when the sun
rises up yet once again.

And the moment turned to years
before the light of dawn
while the moon told fairy stories
to my receptiveness
huddled so confined
in a corner of my dreams.

The mulberry bush and I,
friends for quite a while,
whispered a last goodbye
while the four and twenty blackbirds
sitting on a wire
took bets on my ability
to walk in a straight line.

But the hands of truth and life
put a compass in my brain
and set it so to lead
straight to being free
over pebbles of heartache
at what could and should have been.

There’s a place for everyone
to bury dreams of more
and a time to understand …
only love can set you free
from walking round the mulberry bush
not getting anywhere!

Helen / 16 April 2005

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2005-04-16 04:32 PM

so true

I guess I'll be circling for awhile longer

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2005-04-16 05:52 PM

Enjoyed...James

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2005-04-16 06:03 PM

Dixie - Yes, we circle until the time is right but there will come a time of finality.

Thanks, James, for the read.

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