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The Spectrum
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The Spectrum |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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The Spectrum You live in a world of color? Ah, well mine is black and white. If color equals emotion, Well, I guess that’s about right. I hold not the green of envy, Nor yellows of jealousy. I know not the shades of laughter, Nor trust blues of ecstasy. And, even so, all that I lack Is made up in intensity. My whole world, but a shade of black, Shows me more than most want to see. Remoteness of the school shooter, The bending of the twisted. I see just what brings them to snap Although they have resisted. The greed, the lust, the loneliness Pulsing through our society, Are seen pure through the abstract eyes Given unto a man like me. The clamour for attention now! That it seems some might die without; Overshadowing the downcast, Whose whispers die beneath the shout. The wrong things most can’t see I feel Set upon me just like a weight Added to death, heartache, disease— Things too few to which I relate. So if you think my poetry Merely the product of decision, Rejoice you don’t see all I see. You’d curse the spectrum of my vision. ...though I do dream in color! Michael Anderson 4/25/2015 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahhh, Michael, I understand and "see" much more than you think. I lived most of my life in the shadowy world of pure dark, sometimes leaving it to come to another world of multicolored hues of gray. My friend, I have "seen" and retained much throughout my seventy-six years. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
The depth of human emotion encompasses all situations that we encounter on the road to fulfillment. A road we sometimes never find or a road we can't leave because of the pull of what should be normal but never measures up to the expectations of promised parody. Like my Daddy used to do, but he was never there. Great writing!! Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
my brain keeps wanting to end this one with the Queensrÿche Song: "I Dream In Infrared" (blame the mountain humidity- blast it!) you still do dark rainbow so well  I said Be Good tho, didn't I? *g take care you ~d Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Jer, I don't doubt it at all. I like to be selfish with my darkness a lot of the time but I know deep down that it is universal. Everyone experiences it to one extent or the other. Choosing to suffer through it in isolation is nothing but my self-imposed curse. Eric, that a great perspective you have. I certainly feel that pull you speak of. Tanya, well you got me listening to Queensrÿche now. Great song that. So far as being good, well I'll see what I can come up with for you. (You should probably be scared now). Thank you all for the kind replies, Michael |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Michael, I am sure you know that white is scientifically defined as all colours. Poetically, it is a blast of them all to a degree that explodes them all - so your emotions are all there - just frozen in time, waiting for you to melt them if and when you are ready. I know that you know that I and many others have wanted you to do so for a long time, but perhaps we have been (unintentionally, of course) selfish. You will know if/when the time is right. If I have overstepped the mark, please, please forgive me. I know you know that I mean well. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Diana, I love your analogy... and no, you have not overstepped any boundaries. I have always known your concern to be genuine, just have tried to save you the pain of hoping when the one you've been hoping for wasn't inclined to hope himself. At least for now I can truthfully say the darkness doesn't seem all-consuming like it once did. Michael |
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