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

0 posted 2013-02-16 01:58 AM


(Re-post because indeed that monster of an "ex" has risen again and I need to remind myself of those foundations)

A monster rises from the skin
eyes ablaze, the fangs displayed,
and spits the fire of vicious ire
into the air I breathe.

Down it travels, hot, hot, hot
through the esophagus
straight to that tender part
some would call a heart.

But 'tis a place that spirit builds
with walls of love un-roofed
and doors that open full unto
a better place to be.

Thus open it's a landing strip
for devils, monsters, him,
and I'm surprised they still arrive
when every day I try, try, try,
to see them in a different light.

And as the manic manners shout
walls and doors quiver, quake,
until a crumbled ruin that part
some would call a heart.

But foundations laid and sunken
suffer not that vicious ire
when buried deep and deeper than
a monster"s artful reach
and yet the wait for love's rebuild
like a forever internship
in this excuse for life!

Helen

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2013-02-16 08:24 AM


Yeah, we seem to wait and wait and . . . wait for the one who will be kind. Sometimes I wonder if it is us at fault, because we tend to fall in love with the same kind of person over and over again.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways . . . ~*~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
2 posted 2013-02-16 10:10 AM


Wouldn't have read "Ex" into this had you not explained it, my friend, but just seeing that little word , see everything about this piece with a new clarity ... and all I can say is, thank god I'm not wearing your shoes...

heart-hugs...

jimmy

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