THE MYTHOLOGY OF MY SURVIVAL

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Open Poetry #38

THE MYTHOLOGY OF MY SURVIVAL

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since 2006-04-29

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0 posted 2006-05-31 09:36 PM

THE MYTHOLOGY OF MY SURVIVAL

the woman
that I wintered with
broke water
in a late spring

and the water
flooded the land
as she gave birth
to the animal
I would not name

and the animal
built a boat
from the bones
of drowned beasts

and when the woman drowned
the animal made a sail
of her skin
and left me standing
in water
up to my chest

but the drumming
of my heart
quickened
so that waves
married waves
until the animal
was washed overboard
and I swam
to the boat
that carries me still

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Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

1 posted 2006-06-01 09:27 PM

WOW - this is deep, so intelligent and powerful...yes, I get this (at least with my own relatable interpretation)....This is a fine piece of writing.

Melissa~

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Robert Edward Levin
Junior Member

since 2006-06-01

Posts 45
can't remember. somewhere in midwest

2 posted 2006-06-02 07:15 AM

great poem.

R~

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LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2006-06-02 07:56 AM

amazing, enlightening, and most of all, inspiring...

what creative expertise you own...

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