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Michael
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0 posted 2015-09-16 01:20 AM



Thing

Poetry is my soul.
Mine's been judged not worthy.
The silence takes its toll,
Leaves me naught but empty.
I try to walk away,
Always come stumbling back.
A cycle of dismay
That's turned my heart pitch black.

Being opened to need
Only invites despair.
A soft word plants a seed,
You wake to nothing there.
I fall into the void,
And pray there's no return
To body I destroy...
Reality I burn.

And yet eyes open again,
Somehow I'm still alive.
Though can't tell you where or when
Need in me was revived.
The poison flows in my veins,
There's no staunching the bleed.
Internally darkness reigns,
And holds me to the deed.

The emotions confounding,
Can't recall knowing peace.
Silent echoes resounding,
My wish for all to cease.
Blue of this aura dying,
All in me growing numb...
There is no use denying
The thing that I've become.


Michael Anderson

9/12/15


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JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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1 posted 2015-09-17 12:53 PM


fine writing...james
Paula Finn
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2 posted 2015-09-20 08:20 PM


Ah Michael...so much hurt...this echoes for me

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