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Snow

Senior Member

since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

0 posted 2004-02-01 04:47 PM

sanity entombed

they say the best revenge
is to keep smiling
but a train came by and
picked up what's left of
my sanity

i'm torn between worlds
i don't belong in
the obsessive control of binding
ropes still anchored to a much too
bloody womb
entombed inside a fragile heart
with knots slipping
tighter
choking love from my sight

i'm standing on the corner with a sign
which reads
it's easier to not believe
rationality no longer wears me
hammers cause comas

love,
   the nails in a coffin
bitter tears bleed rusty facts
corrosive lining for the oak
i warned you about my sanity

lost
  lost
last train out of the city
better to smile
better to walk
forget the conductor on
this ride

lost
  lost
sanity

better to smile ... she said
better than them ... she said

but the pillow is still dressed
from the night of fights
and fate wrapped me in a
foolscloth
   smile
sanity lingers

screaming through the mist
fingers pull angry words from
the stars and slash the night

give me back my moon!

©Snow

"...why does my skeleton pursue me
if my soul has fallen away?"
~p.neruda

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

1 posted 2004-02-01 05:05 PM

Excellent. I really enjoyed this poem. You are very gifted! Grover.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2004-02-01 05:10 PM

(big angel hugs) I believe it's better to believe, and the reason why, I don't know, but it brings so many more possibilities forward and gates open! (smiles) God Bless You, sweet friend, I send healing hugs your way, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Snow, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Amara
Member

since 2003-02-23

Posts 158
East of the moon, west of the sun.

3 posted 2004-02-01 07:04 PM

Such deep emotion...with a tint of insanity. A big tint.

Especially the last line, which reminds me of the essay I wrote from the point of view of a madman.

Light keep you always,
Amara

May light keep you, faith guide you, and love and laughter always find you.

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2004-02-01 10:51 PM

powerfully crafted, your writings are always worth the reading...they always speak so deeply to the soul...especially loved the line:

"bitter tears bleed rusty facts" how poignantly remarkable

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-02-01 11:27 PM

"love,
the nails in a coffin
bitter tears bleed rusty facts
corrosive lining for the oak
i warned you about my sanity "

Snow, your writing is so expressive, like these lines above. The duplicity of love and the power it has -- one of my favorite subjects.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-02-02 04:55 AM

this hit home

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