Thinking in Two Minutes - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Temptress

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

0 posted 2007-09-06 04:12 PM

Hello everyone...a simple and perhaps not too strong work...but I am getting there.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I had to know
if I could still compose myself
let me
out of a self imposed cage again
and rub my newfound strength
in the faces
of all the enemies I had.
So a few bad years took me away
buried the words
hid myself from me
so that I would learn too much
to rely on someone else.
Am I blind?
Are my hands curled permentantly
into the shape of hands
that were forever holding bars
shaking them
while crying for someone to let me out
when they had hidden the key
cruelly
within my reach?
I've never been able to write
if I didn't know who I was
so I quit for a while
and searched
in circles
because I had lost my world
in some proud dictator's heart.
I had to know
if I could still compose
and I can
so some part must be marching again.
Each attempt
is a little stronger.
And yes
I can still compose myself.

"...buried way beneath the sheets
I think she's having a meltdown..."
"Buckcherry"

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2007-09-06 06:07 PM

I've never been able to write
if I didn't know who I was
so I quit for a while
and searched
in circles
because I had lost my world
in some proud dictator's heart.

I understand...although the dictator sometimes is a way of life and not a person~~

good to read you again and yes, you still "have it"

M

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

2 posted 2007-09-06 09:25 PM

yes you are composed
as you compose

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

3 posted 2007-09-06 09:43 PM

"And yes
I can still compose myself."

no doubt

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2007-09-07 10:04 AM

"Am I blind?
Are my hands curled permentantly
into the shape of hands
that were forever holding bars
shaking them
while crying for someone to let me out
when they had hidden the key
cruelly
within my reach? "

What can make us who we are?
Is it our weaknesses or strengths, fear of failure, or confidence dependent on others such as a dictator?

JL

Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
~Proverbs 22:9 NLT

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

5 posted 2007-09-07 10:37 AM

You have morphed into a butterfly and are leaving behind the shackles and chains that bind.
Fly high, Temptress! With a talent like yours to express ~ and impress!!! ~ there ain't no stopping you! This was a wonderful write and I am certain that many of your readers will have experienced down times similar to yours. But now its up and up and away you go! I could not help but want to give you a healing, compassionate hug, after reading this poignant soul spill.

Enjoy this new chapter of your life!

~ and keep writing! You have a big pip support system at your keyboard fingertips!

Love to you! ~ and congratulations on your coming home to pip and to yourself!

EA