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Open Poetry #23

A Man

Walter Poe
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

0 posted 2002-10-29 12:42 PM

I am forced open
along cracks
invisible in unseeing night
laid bear by unforgiving light

An open wound
A shattered heart
seen from within
a horror not in part

a distance binds me
lonely here stands
a man destroyed
a child unmasked

The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2002-10-29 12:55 PM

a distance binds me
lonely here stands
a man destroyed
a child unmasked
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the child has to heal before the man can feel whole ... the poetry plays a role in finding some of that healing.
As always, your words touch me P.
jm

Unknown to us, there are moments when crevices open for time to come alive with begining.

John O'Donohue
Conamara Blues

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

2 posted 2002-10-29 04:12 PM

Awesome write

Cold hands means a warm heart

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2002-10-29 04:15 PM

Walter, walter, walter--

how I have missed you.

amazing.

you are a breath of fresh air.

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