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devina
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0 posted 2015-05-06 02:41 PM





Black matter, drinks me through-
hand on neck, I am subdued.
Soggy eyes scrape the sky-
weak incarnate, well-cried dry...

Owning answers, Still I ask-
to sip a cup, brim-full of past...
The jeweled chalice o'malady-
might be all I'll ever see...

Lady Light clings in small heap-
silent as I spill my weep.
Ne'er to be in cosmo's bright-
I'm just not up to that fist fight...
To see prospect, infinitely close-
yet I can't grasp, with ease of most...
Arms reach up, to block the sound-
of my tumble-fall straight down.

Deep sunset has waded in-
it soaks on severed clouds...
I lay wounded, knees to ground-
Yep, the world
has let me down.

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...



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JerryPat2
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1 posted 2015-05-06 02:56 PM


Ahhh . . . Tanya, you and Michael should get together on a poem, I have a feeling it would be superb. This one tells the tale of life in disarray and going from one sad state of affairs to another. Fine writing.

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

devina
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2 posted 2015-05-06 03:18 PM


Aww Sweet man, ty!

and I agree on the write, you insightful devil...

~T



Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...



Margherita
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3 posted 2015-05-09 10:24 AM


Excellent write, I am impressed.

Sometimes that "Black Matter" takes over with tremendous power.

Margherita

devina
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4 posted 2015-05-11 04:16 PM


Thank you fer gracing my page lady, it is warmly appreciated
~d

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...



Michael
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5 posted 2015-05-11 11:46 PM


You know, I was floored when I read this the first time.  So much so I never made it back to reply I guess.
quote:
The jeweled chalice o'malady-
might be all I'll ever see...
That's the line that did it right there.  Poignant!  Dark, and beautiful.

Michael

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