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hoot_owl_rn
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0 posted 2007-05-17 09:27 AM


Absolution

The poet sits in dim lit den;
his gnarled fingers grasp his pen;
a simple tool of common men;
his sword of truth that tells no lies.

Unsteady hand slowly records
his life, his legacy of words.
Each line compels him to move towards
the facts - his need to justify.

He wants to make his story known;
the tale that caused his own breakdown
of faithful wife who some how drown
one day before his very eyes.

He tried to save her, now his grief,
his outrage and his disbelief
fill him with pain beyond relief.
She died and he does not know why.

He tarries not, he feels the need
to hasten, so to God he pleads
for energy, for strength, for speed.
He bows his head and softly sighs.

And as he pours out every line,
the fragments of his life entwine
with love for his wife Caroline -
their joy, his woe. The poet cries.

His hands shake as the tears are spilt.
Each one, a knife, plunged to the hilt
that drains him of this senseless guilt
he never thought he’d rectify.

The time has flown, it's half past ten.
Alas, now cleansed, he stills the pen,
folds up the page, retires, and then -
absolved, the poet sleeps, then dies.





I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

[This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (05-17-2007 10:01 AM).]

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INclan
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1 posted 2007-05-17 06:34 PM


Ah Ruth,
how does one handle
the regrets of life
is difficult to say.
I for one
do fervently pray
to be absolved some day.

INclan

Drauntz
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2 posted 2007-05-17 06:50 PM


beautiful sadness of dream catcher.

beautiful

enjoyed

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3 posted 2007-05-18 01:05 AM


Oh my Ruth, so poignant and so, so, so perfecto mongo What an interesting format that one was, and here again I love whatever it was.
hoot_owl_rn
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4 posted 2007-05-18 07:47 AM


Thank you all

and Sharon...this is called a chain rhyme

Ruth

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5 posted 2007-05-18 11:32 AM


Oh my, this is so beautiful. You have always been one of my favorite poets.
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6 posted 2007-05-18 04:53 PM


Beautiful write, my friend... If you wonder how enthralled I was, just think of my "no no NO!" when I accidentally hit the scroll button and lost my place. LOL Excellent!
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7 posted 2007-05-18 07:58 PM


HootieGal~
Poignantly penned~


*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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