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Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2000-12-31 02:58 PM

Squared in a cage with exits at each side,
You grew to treasure shelter and fear freedom.
In need of human warmth, alone you cried,
Repeating to yourself, “I do not need them.”
You thrived on strength, defensive at each word,
And bared your teeth at every passing creature
Intrigued my any movement, you observed
The men behind the bars,-- their every feature.
You’ve learned to speak, to mock a simple phrase,
But thought no higher of yourself than does a clown.
And now that death has slipped into your place,
You clutch the bar and wait, prepared and stout.
Your only move: to sway to every chime,
(Unsteady legs give way to constant drumming)
And gasping, with your beak to hold back time
And with a naked eye, perceive the coming.

Check out my poetry here:

http://cafepoetry.com/stage1/andrey_kneller.htm#My%20Hamlet

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2000-12-31 03:12 PM

To live in a cage is not to live, is it? Excellent writing, Master! So nice to see you again!

Denise

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

2 posted 2000-12-31 03:14 PM

excellent. . .

only when the cage is gone can we live and love. . . well done. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl

Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

3 posted 2001-01-01 02:20 PM

Happy New Years!

Check out my poetry here:

http://cafepoetry.com/stage1/andrey_kneller.htm#My%20Hamlet

SpitFire
Member Elite

since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

4 posted 2001-01-01 02:24 PM

~Pow-er-ful! This piece crawled right inside of me. Too many lines I can relate to. What an affective write. So well done. Take care. *Peace.

Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

5 posted 2001-01-01 05:45 PM

Thank you, i'm glad you liked it! Happy New Years.

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

6 posted 2001-01-01 06:09 PM

we all build up barriers for defense but sometimes they become our prisons. well expressed.

It's in your eyes a fire that's wild and glorious
Unhibited, unfinished in everything I do Let the morning rise like our hearts desire" whipping boy

Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

7 posted 2001-01-01 08:23 PM

Thanx, Happy New Year!

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