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RSWells
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0 posted 2005-02-02 03:07 PM



Perhaps that itch I scratched was temporary
as viewed from its sublime receptacle,
a chalice my moist lips so oft’ made merry
while into it I poured my very soul

Perhaps that fertile field in which I furrowed,
unsparingly and deeply planted seeds,
overlay a frightened hare who’d burrowed
so long in dark was blind to other’s needs

Perhaps I’d misread wings spread generously
as open invitation to some flight
to soar beyond known heights as “us” or “we,”
unknowingly my love was its bombsite

Perhaps once dressed and snuffing out a candle
you only thought a briefly blinking light,
without redress or thought to how I’d handle
a love confessed you cast to darkest night.

Well truth be known you ravaged as a vandal
and battered me beyond any street fight.
But still I stand, ‘tis you who should know scandal
for that was love I freely gave and right

Poets against the war is redundant

© Copyright 2005 Richard S. Wells jr. - All Rights Reserved
Gentle Spirit
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1 posted 2005-02-02 03:10 PM


Richard...
  

you write poignancy well too m'friend...

this makes me ache.

Opoetry4me
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2 posted 2005-02-02 03:23 PM


Richard... another excellent piece of work.


serenity blaze
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3 posted 2005-02-02 03:38 PM


Compelling and bittersweet

and even the sun won't shine today


DavePage
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4 posted 2005-02-02 05:57 PM


Excellent write.

Dave

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5 posted 2005-02-02 06:33 PM


Great write!

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6 posted 2005-02-02 06:38 PM


interesting
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