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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2013-02-03 03:08 AM


I’ve changed my mind; there’s no denial
what was no longer can be
when love remains forever hidden
in nights that stretch to infinity.

And now too far from a land
that thrilled from the ground up
the reins that once tethered my heart
have slipped into life’s intolerable lies.  

Alone I cannot untangle the knots
that one upon each other all day
grow to keep me so well confined
within the realms of old comfort zones.

There is no comfort in endless nights
that hide the beauty of eyes
and render a smile as non-existent
between walls that have nothing to say.

I give up!  I’m ready to move
from a life too hard for the sensitive
into the beautiful, beautiful,
now perceived afterlife ~
but there’s no denial;
I can change my mind!

Helen / 3 February 2013


© Copyright 2013 Helen - All Rights Reserved
Victoria
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Member Ascendant
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869

1 posted 2013-02-03 08:37 AM


Helen, yes you can always change your mind as we usually always do...but we like you right here with us for now Enjoyed hugsss

~Victoria

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2013-02-03 10:03 AM


Cast your eyes outward and you will see sweet heavenly rapture, then reel him in slowly, but firmly, then and there, your poetry will change from words of the past to the sweetness of today.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
3 posted 2013-02-03 03:33 PM


Thanks, Victoria.  Yes, I think I'll be around for a little longer although one never does know.

Jerry - Thank you.  If the "sweetness of today" ever comes then you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be the most surprised person in the world.  

Helen

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA
4 posted 2013-02-05 11:32 AM


I understand this completly. Yes, we always have the option of changing our minds.
Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
5 posted 2013-02-05 02:54 PM


Yes, there comes a time, Helen. We all know it but only a fine poet can describe it.
                                     Ida

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