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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2011-01-29 11:12 AM

As the raindrops gently spatter
There upon your window pane-
You escape the inane chatter,
Which is almost like a pain...

You remove your heels or slippers
Be you woman, or a man-
And you stretch out on the sofa
To relax, now that you can.

Then a voice begins to whisper-
You know not from whence it comes
On the portals of your concious
Like a fist it gently drums.

And demands you that you open
Up your soul and let it in...
Where it bares your darkest secrets
And it tells you they are SIN!

So you hasten to the cupboard-
To pour yourself a drink-
Perhaps to light a cigarette,
You say they help you think...

Yet that voice will not be silent-
Oh, what's a man to do?
As that dreaded, haunting whisper
Seems to chill you through and through.

It reveals to you deceptions-
That you have long forgot-
That all the things you think you are-
In reality you're not!

It reveals that you've forgotten-
What you were, from whence you've come...
In the face of revelation-
You will find it strikes you dumb...

In distress and consternation-
You'll beseech it, "Tell me! Who?"
And that mocking voice will chuckle,
"Don't you know me? I am you".

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-01-29 11:16 AM

Okay Gunslinger, you can get out of my head now. lol That was intense. I have to go take a pill now.
Lori

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2011-01-29 04:24 PM

except for the drinking and smoking~~

I am living the same.

M

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

3 posted 2011-01-29 08:02 PM

Nicely done!
Kat >^..^<

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2011-01-29 10:08 PM

Love where this goes and how it gets there, John.
Ida

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2011-01-31 08:09 PM

We become expert at beating ourselves up as we age because, there is oh so much to remember and much to regret.
So we have to take a breather,and be kinder to ourselves and bring up nicer things before we go to bed. Love your postings .latearrival

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2011-01-31 09:12 PM

nice write...loved this best of all:

"It reveals to you deceptions-
That you have long forgot-
That all the things you think you are-
In reality you're not!"

...very insightful

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2011-01-31 09:14 PM

Extremely insightful, John. Now while I don't go for the cigs, I do indulge in the other vice...but that's simply because I hear the voices double and trice!

Excellent work, Sir!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

8 posted 2011-02-02 01:16 PM

Well done, John! Smiles. I love the poem and agree with it to a large degree . . . but . . . sometimes that “you” doesn’t recognise the good things that the real you really are. More smiles.

Owl

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