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Honeybee
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0 posted 2002-02-25 11:17 PM



No Poetry In Me


I guess I'm just a fool of sorts
not even one who stands out from the crowd,
a jester, the joker in an overplayed deck of cards
still trying to deal Disneyland
in a run-down carnival of life.

I'm a woman living inside a dead body
sleeping on sheets of regret's repeat
robbed of youth and glass slippers
trying to find redemption
from an inner child's prison
of a past that erases the future.

Surrounded by walls gone mad because of me
I sink in quicksand of fragile memory,
abused, used and infused with the nothing of it all
writing love letters to my prince
that can never be read
with crayons that are black.

There's no song in me,
no stars seen in my eyes
there never really was
I'm a mistake, an accident
unworthy of freedom's touch.
For, there will never be
that perfect verse of soul
which sets proverbial pin to drop
in the silence of a scream.
There is no forgiveness, no release
of a vulture who has made
my heart bleed on a blank sheet.

There's no syllable of sanity
no meter to float upon,
there's no beauty born in me
and it leaves my muse muted and excluded
from the flight of sonnets in heal
with my empty inkwell spilling in tears
dried up in the hollow of lost hope,

for, there's no poetry in me.

By Melissa P. Monette

[This message has been edited by Melissa Honeybee (02-25-2002 11:36 PM).]

© Copyright 2002 Melissa P. Long-Monette - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2002-02-25 11:38 PM


Yes, there is, Melissa!

Though sad I can tell, your words are strong with feeling

strong with feelings of you!

and well done

Janet Marie
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2 posted 2002-02-25 11:41 PM


writing love letters to my prince
that can never be read
with crayons that are black.

There's no song in me,
no stars seen in my eyes
there never really was
==============================

your heart bleeds alright...but not on a blank sheet...
you write your emotions with such aching depth that your muse gets tired and must rest...but I do so relate to feeling like there is no poetry or feeling like there wont ever be again when our muses are silent.
Theres a whole lot of poetry here...for having none
Classic Melis write.

"Never made it as a wise man
couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin
Tired of livin like a blind man
sick of sight without a sense of feelin"

Honeybee
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3 posted 2002-02-25 11:47 PM



Thank you so much for your replies Martie and JM~

This is a poem dedicated to all the abused children who grew up feeling that they could never have something beautiful to create in this world....I know this feeling all too well.

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

catalinamoon
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4 posted 2002-02-26 11:50 AM


Melissa this is fantastic.

I'm a woman living inside a dead body
sleeping on sheets of regret's repeat
robbed of youth and glass slippers
trying to find redemption
from an inner child's prison
of a past that erases the future.

Surrounded by walls gone mad because of me
I sink in quicksand of fragile memory,
abused, used and infused with the nothing of it all
writing love letters to my prince
that can never be read
with crayons that are black.

This is just phenomenal, and cna apply to many dfferent circumstances. Which I guess is what makes great poetry.
Sandra

BluesSerenade
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5 posted 2002-02-26 12:49 PM


Oh how the truth hurts.
I've had so many of these same thoughts,
....I guess I'm afraid to admit what is happening inside of me,
and I don't know which is the lesser of two evils....
keeping them bottled up or rocking the boat until it sinks.  
Thank you so much for writing this.
Truly it is a brilliant poem that touched me deeply.

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (02-26-2002 01:30 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel
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6 posted 2002-02-26 03:12 PM




(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Melissa, this is soooooooo heartbreaking, I know this feeling all too well for it is all a part of me and how I used to feel everyday as I was abused physically and emotionally in my childhood, and I felt as though God created me to forever be pushed around and never be loved once! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSS) My heart goe sout to all these children of the world, I no longer feel doubtful now and I pray with all my heart that they too will find hope and pride in themselves and they will write with a new smile of gold everyday! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, God Bless You! You have a very loving and compassionate heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Chelsea~
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7 posted 2002-02-27 07:16 PM


missy

sometimes you write things
so solemn and moving
that they leave me speechless,
this is one of those times,
all I can say is this is
your best


strbbux
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8 posted 2002-02-27 07:18 PM


Your muse is not muted Melissa.

"I'm a woman living inside a dead body
sleeping on sheets of regret's repeat
robbed of youth and glass slippers
trying to find redemption
from an inner child's prison
of a past that erases the future."

This was very moving, and sad.
A great write full of feeling. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Seymour Tabin
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9 posted 2002-02-27 07:22 PM


Melissa,
Such pain makes the butterfly fly.

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10 posted 2002-03-01 12:57 PM


To write and share
with people who care
takes bitter pain away
illuminating a new day!

Write on Melissa!

~* Imagination is more important than knowledge *~

Einstein


Saxoness
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11 posted 2002-03-01 01:22 AM


Wow, this was touching. I've often written myself along the same threads.....but perhaps not so eloquently.  Well done.

"Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."
                                

amusemi
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since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262
A State of Disarray
12 posted 2002-03-01 01:29 AM


Your poetry defies the concept and proves it otherwise.  Great write.  

Personally, I love to vent this way!!!


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