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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2019-09-28 03:16 PM

Statuary

If life played fair, what would despair
Then have to offer me?
Untallied woe amidst the glow
Of sweet Serenity?
So pure—so true, these things we knew,
But gifts of circumstance.
So strong—so bold, we damned the cold
Of this world’s demon dance.

But of these things, who pulls the strings
That turn haves to have nots?
To yield a day been ripped away
From a dream as it rots.
Fillet of soul, you die unwhole,
Or wither in its wake.
Shine unfulfilled on eyes distilled
Of hope, tied to a stake.

Where in the black of “can’t go back”
‘Just watch Time as it flies.
Heart steeped in ache, await bough’s break
Beneath the tree of sighs.
The wretched course of due remorse
But a twitch on the lips.
A shake of head, lost to the dead
Touch of my fingertips.

Pilfered spirit, I still hear it,
If but a faded mumble.
Too broken now to even bow—
Too defiant to crumble.
In voiceless chance, this spectered dance
Of solitude forsaken
Slips to a brusque shadowing dusk,
With no step ever taken.

Callous, yet worn; ever been torn
‘The nightmare never ending.
Pitch black in scale, night’s to assail—
Price of a life pretending.
Stalwart, aplomb—demeanor calm,
Pay I witness, unshaken;
In dream of death, holding my breath
‘This time I don’t awaken.

Michael Anderson

[This message has been edited by Michael (09-28-2019 09:52 PM).]

Grinch
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since 2005-12-31

Posts 2929
Whoville

1 posted 2019-09-28 04:59 PM

Nice poem.

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2019-09-28 08:25 PM

I watched her smile at you, Michael.

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

3 posted 2019-09-28 09:27 PM

Michael...So much I could say about this masterpiece. The inner line rhymes the double stanza style you write in, The soft emotion of the whole poem just makes me feel like I'm living your dreams and pain.
Truly a great poem. Will add it to my library proudly. Thanks for sharing...Paul

Do you give lessons ??? LOL
Where ever you get your words from is a special place you have

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

4 posted 2019-10-07 08:08 PM

Very Haunting Poet Michael..
"beneath the tree of sighs"..this lingers
for me.

Sky~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2019-10-09 07:02 PM

Michael,
This was awfully good.~L

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2019-11-10 06:19 PM

You are a master poet, Michael and will carry your gift forward.

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