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Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

0 posted 2020-09-19 09:21 AM

Hardened.
Her body
and heart have watched miles of time
dissappear behind her.
Maybe this story
is just like a lot of others.
Can you feel her holding back?
So many tired stories to tell
and they dance wildly
to the unsteady beat of
the echo of her past.
Letting it out collects
the broken parts of her
and they slide together
along the darkness of
the pit where she banished them,
beginning regeneration
like monsters from movies
that can't be killed.
But there is danger too
in holding it in,
ignoring
and trying to forget.
Buried and rotting things have a scent after all
and it's best to tend the grave
to kick at the still bones
with careful feet
to make sure they stay dead.

"How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything"

Stone Sour

Starmcneil 1955
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Posts 174
Alberta, Canada

1 posted 2020-09-19 03:39 PM

Oh gosh so many memories I want to hide from but you are right we need to see them to heal...I was with you on this one and it made me think again

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

2 posted 2020-09-19 05:51 PM

Lady T...Damn you sure do DARK good real good or maybe bad depends on who is doing the reading or who is fighting those memories. Anyway thanks for sharing...Paul

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

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US

3 posted 2020-09-20 05:58 PM

Fine metaphors you use here, & your close
really jolts, puts it all in perspective.

Sky~

~Tell me the story about how the sun
loved the moon so much..he died every
night to let her breathe~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2020-09-20 09:03 PM

Oh this is beautiful in its darkness, Jenn. I love the way you ended it. Definitely have to keep some things dead.

Your pen seems to be stirring in a little of that old magic.

Much enjoyed.

Michael

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2020-09-20 10:37 PM

Yeah, this part in particular tweaked my bones . . .

"So many tired stories to tell
and they dance wildly
to the unsteady beat of
the echo of her past."

Enjoyed this my friend...

j.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

6 posted 2020-10-02 09:23 AM

Star,

Thank you. I have always tried to face things that have happened in my life. This was mainly because I didn't want my damage to cause someone else pain. I don't know how successful I've been at this though. Now I've figured out a part of my past that I never truly dealt with. So I write it out here because most of the time (anywhere else) people mistake examining and processing for dwelling. There is a difference.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

7 posted 2020-10-03 09:13 AM

Paul,

Thank you. The good or bad definitely is up to who is doing what. I consider it a good thing that I have the outlet of writing. It has saved me many times throughout my life so far.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

8 posted 2020-10-03 09:17 AM

Sky,

Thank you. I have always been obsessed with metaphors and I work hard on them. I've always been told I don't seem to be getting to a point when I am talking so if I can get there when writing it feels like I've accomplished something.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

9 posted 2020-10-03 09:27 AM

Micheal,

Thank you. The darkness doesn't always feel beautiful when it's flowing, but at least there is poetry to give it a makeover. Keeping things dead can be difficult when triggers are trying to break down the doors. The magic seems to come in, have its way, and then stomp out.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

10 posted 2020-10-03 09:36 AM

J.,

Thank you. I love the thought of "tweaking your bones". I take this as a high compliment, and it has given me an idea. When those stories get loose they can wreak havoc on the present if I don't get control over them. Part of me wishes I had written more of them down and part of me is glad I didn't.

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers

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