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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2009-05-16 02:32 PM


Collectively
they've become mute,
too many storms
have resorbed them
as winter struck deep,
their extremities numbed
from affliction, irreversible
in the butterfly's greed

connected through iced
over ponds, the shadows
inject, what
the roots never read

drawn to the west
bracing the east
once again winds
threaten their stature

as for me,
I refrain from lamenting
of loves casualties,
my bleeding now sparce
on the surface,
in lieu of the great lacerations
I'd belt out in ballads

my writing has reeked
of serenity
but my spleen stays intact
within me.



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Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2009-05-16 06:13 PM


Powerful, dear Michele. Your writing is complex, thought provoking always, it has the scent of authenticity.

Love,
Margherita

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace
2 posted 2009-05-16 08:35 PM


from east to west
and i'm just
looking for my north

steavenr
Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058

3 posted 2009-05-16 10:24 PM


loved your closing lines on this one...unexpected, but perfect...
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