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Memory Canal
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Memory Canal |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali 
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Memory's canal lay weeping, Maiden pours cooled wine. I mull, a transparent cocoon eyes deep in dark-ember'd fire. She speaks in foggy whisper to weigh stones in my mind. Head-tilt in shadow, she reaches body-shakes grow tamer on time. Crackle-sounds deem hungry flame She wraps me in billowing folds. I strangle a gasp at power there in All those changing eyes hold. She claims ability to heal each ache "But first, scratch off old scabs. To start with a clean settled slate, we must accept all we have had." I resist the burn as it spreads, relieved only to breathe again. For, if this Grace shall save me I'd gratefully shed prior whim. So eloquent, She holds me inside I lap at bliss invading my bones. Shuck off the dust of many roads present my soul- through Her folds. In tears, She eyes the gaping hole takes my offer sweetly in hand. Gives back a new me- shiny, complete with a small shard in hints of a man. Adoring raw, now rubbed so smart I see dark glowing pieces of me. 'Neath glittered-haze & crystal's stain lay Deity's grant of new destiny. Humbled am I, given future advice- "Live habitually to remain free.. Love only best, with adoration of self In one man- will you staunch every bleed." Deity gone, a soul-beat in time- I stand much larger than I seem. Kiss Her lips, on wind of thanks; I bask in warm-gone of Her breeze. "..But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go.." ~Emily Bronte 'The Night is Darkening Around Me' |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I absolutely RELATE to this masterpiece of yours, Devina. I have spent many, many years jive-shucking my past when I should have been coming to terms with it. My two-lost decades were rife with the bad-boy image. Love 'um and leave 'um my motto. I spent the rest of my life (until the present) trying to live that lifestyle down. A woman a few years back gave me the insightful reason to actually lay my burdens down. All except one. I hid that from the world and even from myself, Devina. It took yet another woman to steer me in the direction where I am completely free from all of the debris of my past. You poem got me stired up, it seems. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Sweetest thanks Jerry, this one crept into existence in the wee hours of a morn. My muse thanks you too! Was not sure anyone could relate..which makes you so awesome, hun!  ty-ty ~d "..But a tyrant spell has bound me, |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
quote: Great line that. Bearing witness to the new you come shinning through has been a remarkable and miraculous thing, Tanya. A beauty to behold. *Remembering everything, always. Michael |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Michael? two words (and a star) *the look ~T "..But a tyrant spell has bound me, |
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WindWalker12 Member
since 2009-10-17
Posts 57 |
This is one of your best!!!! |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
WindWalker12- So kind of you to peek in, sweetest thank for your comment! be well ~d "..But a tyrant spell has bound me, |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
now this is poetry...james |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Aww, James! Sweet thanx mister ~d "..But a tyrant spell has bound me, |
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