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Michael
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0 posted 2014-11-30 12:15 PM



The Finish Line


I do not trust the morning sun
To remove chills from my cold skin.
And yet I stand, all chances run,
To cross her line, yet never win.

The race lifelong, the dreams piled high,
I carried them upon my back.
Yet now, with naught left but to die,
See them as markers for my lack.

The lack of smiles, time spent alone.
The lack of trust, a wounded soul.
Plethoras of sin to atone,
Where only I could pay such toll.

Yet if it’s hell that waits on me,
(A man who’s paid most every price),
Let all the gathered crowd then see
‘Tis here I’ll find my paradise.

Silence, itself, a monument;
I wade her cold, suffering state
Paying all homage to Lament.
She’s closer now, yet still I wait.


Michael Anderson

11/29/2014

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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1 posted 2014-11-30 10:16 AM


You have raised remorse and lament and put it on a pedestal of perfection.
JerryPat2
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2 posted 2014-11-30 10:31 AM


She is the theme and consciousness of the majority of your poetry, Michael. I know she is the price of paradise when you are joined together with her at at last.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

latearrival
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3 posted 2014-11-30 01:28 PM


Michael, I have read this twice and I sit here in awe at your ability to w write your deepest feelings using only words.  My heart goes out to you again because I know other real good men who carry your same burdens. No need to do so, but you do. Best to you, Jo
JL
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4 posted 2014-12-01 02:40 PM


"Paying all homage to Lament.
She’s closer now, yet still I wait."

Reminds me of the look on the face of a friend of mine in a VA hospital.

A heart-twisting read.

JL


jwesley
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5 posted 2014-12-03 01:49 AM


Yeah, all the above, man . . . all the above, and peace in my wishes ...


walk easy,

j.

Margherita
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6 posted 2014-12-06 02:50 PM


I think you touch even God's heart with your remorseful, sad poem, because you bare your soul and its deep longing for forgiveness and wholeness. Very poignant and poetically excellent. Hell? Eternal condemnation? Things that are not in harmony with the Divine Plan of Mercy ...

Love and peace.
Margherita

Sunshine
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7 posted 2014-12-17 05:00 PM


Oh my Michael...

how wonderful to read you again. I've been away far too long. That being said, here is how I took your poem...I shall run, though not plan to win...for if I cross the line...I shall run again.

Smiling with you. yeah, I saw it break for a moment....

Merry Christmas, Michael.

Michael
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8 posted 2014-12-17 11:19 PM


Yeah, I'll admit K... but I'm still cursing you under my breath putting it there.  

Michael

Redstart
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9 posted 2014-12-18 07:32 AM


The quality of the poetry is the highest. The pathos within is palpable. To even consider Hell as moving to a paradise gives such a tormented outlook on life. Forgive me this: you need to go easier on yourself.
bel1e
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10 posted 2014-12-18 08:51 PM


Niiiice.

              

Gale
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11 posted 2014-12-20 01:40 AM


Michael, I love your poem and can relate to.
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