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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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0 posted 2002-07-31 03:12 AM

He said that you were evil.
I patted head of damaged child.
I did not believe him.
I heard the plaint of a schoolchild.

He said that you abandoned him.
I did not believe.
He told me tales of mother's drug
that I could not conceive.

He might have said, "anathema"--
had he known the word.
He might have said alot of things
if only "mommy" heard.

I see a boy, with phonograph,
paid to go away...
in this man who swings at me--
pack of punch of childhood rage.

I hear him weep, in sleep at night--
I listen in the dark.
His feet in fight of thrash of sheet--
he always tears the bed apart--

I cannot go to comfort him.
(He wakes and sees a foe.)
I cannot do a g'damned thing.
So I just sit here, blowing smoke.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (07-31-2002 04:33 AM).]

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

1 posted 2002-07-31 06:09 AM

wow Serenity, this is poignant and powerful.
There is also that sense of hopelessness in not being able to help. Not being able to help sometimes hurts very much. Loved this one sweetie.

Enjoy life, this is NOT a dress rehearsal.

{on the wings of words are spirits fly...and our souls are free~me}

RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

2 posted 2002-07-31 07:46 AM

Tortuous.

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2002-07-31 08:21 AM

serenity,
A large fright a strong write.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

4 posted 2002-07-31 11:11 AM

there is a line in an Alanis M. song--"my tortured beacon"

you have no idea how timely this is for me ...how many times we are in sync never ceases to amaze me. I woke up with this pain today, and here you are putting it into words that I wont have.

I've sold my soul to heal wounds of someone else...I've lost myself in the process of trying to give a loved one back the innocence
that was taken from the child. Its my own personal moth hell that I cant give that back... accepting that no one can give that back, has been my undoing.
love you for this one me twin...
mothyme

Krishankins

Senior Member

since 2002-06-23

Posts 972
Texas

5 posted 2002-07-31 11:19 AM

this seems full of frustration. wonderful write! SAD subject.

A bird never flies so high that it can't hit the ground

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

6 posted 2002-07-31 11:26 AM

Dang.
What JM said...
and then some.
Don't you just hate
blowing smoke?
It's almost as bad
as killing time...

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

7 posted 2002-07-31 11:34 AM

"paid to go away" That poor tortured child/man. A powerful write, Karen.

~ hugs from the heart

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

8 posted 2002-07-31 02:00 PM

Um.... I think y' know.

Ouch.

(I *know* y' know)

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

9 posted 2002-07-31 04:31 PM

opening life. . . we find. . . well, you know. . .

reaching out here. . . well done. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

10 posted 2002-07-31 05:02 PM

WOW Serene. powerful as always, a hug and a prayer.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.oscar wilde

rwood
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since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

11 posted 2002-07-31 07:53 PM

Tears deep..tugs always.. Hope hugs..

Sincerely,
Reg

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

12 posted 2002-08-01 02:43 AM

hugs to you
stay strong serenity
today is a big day
and you'll come out the other side
and so will the lucky man
BS

I never aimed at reality; I aimed at truth. --Orson Welles

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

13 posted 2002-08-02 11:22 AM

This is written wonderfully... but so very painful to read.

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

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Bewilderment , USA

14 posted 2002-08-02 09:26 PM

serenity,
Well polished and thought provoking, as always. I wish you rid of this burden if it is yours, and if not, many more writes as these, to help others be rid of theirs'.
Doc
P.S.
Almost didn't recognize you due to the name change. I've been considering changing mine to just plain "Doc", what do you think?

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

15 posted 2002-08-03 04:18 PM

popping in to say thank you--(and HEY, look who is here!

to me laddie friend brian!) and Doc? yes, somehow I think that suits ya! (I had to make mine LONGER, sigh) but I think my name needed a bit of fire, doncha think? Love ya all! I've gotta run off again for now! *pant*pant*wink*

and...THANK YOU!

Martie

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16 posted 2002-08-03 08:23 PM

Serenity

Poignant heart hurt, human poem. You touch with this one..seems to be a talent of yours.

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