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Her walk into withdrawal
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Her walk into withdrawal |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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She follows in the footsteps of shadowy recalls out into the fields of waterfalls and trees bending, stretching, opening, absorbing the feel, into every thread of her present form. She reclines in the luxury of silent memories her book of many dreams open at her side calling her to read the puzzling lines and signs written in the chapter explaining destiny. Breaking down the words into syllables of fantasy she turns to face at last the reality of life rising like a demon to bite at her desire and swallow the last vestiges of her sanity. And he bites repeatedly, spits out the bones, then crushes them to pulp in a vice of retribution simply for the pleasure of ensuring dissolution of the sensitive and tender imbedded in her soul. But it’s there forever more no matter what befalls enabling her to feel how weak her trembling knees and how soundlessly her cry matures into a scream in the final stages of her walk into withdrawal. Bleeding to the floor every day a drop of hope she staggers to the door intent on seeing more but she opens it again to a cold and rainy morn swirling round her heart like a tightly knotted rope. She tries again to breathe the air of all her dreams but suffocates instead her will to live, to be! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Helen Such a sad portrait!  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
 yes, very sad. "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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*Alli4000*
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
~Alli~ Happy Holidays! |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Oh, Helen, how this reaches out! It embraces some very deep memories and recalls my own battles. The heroine of this story is someone I can identify with very much. She is a heroine, we must remember. Love to you and I hope your holidays are bright. ....jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
what a write  |
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