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Paul Wilson
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0 posted 2020-09-10 10:06 PM




Genesis of My Mind
By Paul Wilson

Dark winding pathway through catacombs of my mind
Has brought me back to the beginning
Scavengers sit on headstones along the way
As my head is spinning

Sounds of the dead echo in my mind
Screaming… like nothing heard before
Night sky turns a burning red
The feeling of evil touches my core

Voices call me back once again
Down this pathway of doubt  
Each step releasing old memories
That I’d rather live without

Mind filled with fear I ask
What will I see around the bend?
What fate awaits me?
Is this the beginning…or the end?

Voices echo my name
Filling my mind with anxiety
Lightning lights up night sky
As I stand on jagged edge of reality

My body transcends time and space
I feel like I’m in a cage on display
My mind in one world
My body in another… to my dismay

Hanging onto hands of time
The clock holds my fate…live or die
Hands move in never ending circle
Not caring about the reason why

Scavengers wait their turn
To feast on flesh left on my bones
That long ago turned white
As I search for my name among headstones

Searching…searching
For the Genesis Of My Mind

Copy Right 9-10-2020



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

[This message has been edited by Paul Wilson (09-11-2020 11:59 AM).]

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Michael
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1 posted 2020-09-13 12:16 PM


I have written much of the frustrated buzzards who used to follow me through the wasteland of my life, Paul waiting on my body to just hit the ground.  I can't tell you how much I can relate to your verse here.  have many unposted ones...will see if I can dig one out for you.

"My body transcends time and space
I feel like I’m in a cage on display
My mind in one world
My body in another… to my dismay"

I have never, in this life, felt attached.  I'd like to say it's been nice to find i have not traversed this road alone...but then it hurts just as much to knows others have shared it.

Hugs my friend.


Michael


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2 posted 2020-09-13 12:12 PM


Michael...Thank you so much for knowing how this feels. It's been many many years since I felt out of place, those words just came out of me and I have no reason why or how.

Like about 10 years before my daughter passed away I knew I would suffer a very bad loss in my life but didn't know who. that is weird and then it happened.

Take Care...Paul

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

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3 posted 2020-09-13 08:42 PM


"catacombs of my mind"..that is such a
Cool line to me.
Scary read here Poet Paul, but well put.

Sky~

~ Cherish Everything ~

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4 posted 2020-09-13 09:24 PM


Sky...Thanks for the read and reply.
Just letting my mind wander and thinking about what our first memory came to us and what it was about, because I can't recall it.
Thanks again...Paul

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

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5 posted 2020-09-19 03:15 PM


your words pulled me into past memories...many I wish to keep hidden...powerful words that I am glad I had a chance to read
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6 posted 2020-09-19 05:47 PM


Karen...Thank you so much for reading and replying. I have memories I'd rather keep hidden also...{Paul

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Paul

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