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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2006-02-26 04:49 AM

Another night of broken sleep,
memories I keep stored deep
away from any source of light
still manage to escape
unpredictably at night
when I most need to relax
recover and rebuild.
All these years
and I have found no purgative
to cleanse the soul,
no fibrous thought
to scape the inner workings
of the residue of yearnings
and in my dreams you have not aged.
Now I am awake and I need sleep,
where is this memory
of pain and anger hiding
as it waits
to weave within my dreams?
When the lights go on,
where has your shadow gone
now that it no longer steals my rest?

At best I am a listener at other people’s trials,
building spirit shelters at defiles in their souls,
but life too easily loses focus at the edge of awareness
and so I never play liar's poker in an empty room.

©2006 by icebox

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

1 posted 2006-02-26 05:18 AM

Hauntings in the night or just before awakening many explain away, but perhaps the ony way to escape them is to stop needing them. I wish you peace. And pleasant dreams to carry you into morning.

~ karen ~

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

2 posted 2006-02-26 05:38 AM

All these years
and I have found no purgative
to cleanse the soul,
no fibrous thought
to scape the inner workings
of the residue of yearnings
and in my dreams you have not aged.
Beautifully written...

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2006-02-26 06:15 AM

icebox - Sometimes the fact that things are "buried" is the problem. Maybe we need to take them out, dust them off, and really, really, look at them for what they are - and then say, "what the hell". This may have to be repeated and repeated but just a suggestion - I'm still repeating so can't say whether it works or not.
Good write though as always.
Helen

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2006-02-26 06:41 AM

"liar's poker"

that reminded me of a story, but since you are weary, I'll spare you the boring details.

I can just sum it up by saying the guy beat me every time.

Another lesson it took me a long time to learn.

Your my oasis here at Pip, teddy bear.