On occasion I have a visitor

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Open Poetry #44

On occasion I have a visitor

peter griffin
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since 2008-03-06

Posts 56

0 posted 2009-02-03 07:47 PM

I am.
In my head I live. Be.
Mostly...
On occasion I have a visitor.
Sometimes I go out, but that requires silence,
The rarest of commodities, perhaps non-existent.
I can usually tolerate only so much time outside,
which is different than 'out'.
Don't ask, well, you can ask, but I can't, or
won't, whichever, explain.
Few others, other than my self, I mean,
Can hold my attention in conversation.
My opposite can. If unopposed, I could get lonely.
Often I feel like an outcast, from
family even.
I think I'm somehow abnormal, but
that's okay.
I'm content to be solitary,
Happy to be together, also. Selectively.
My opposite is the balance.
Otherwise, similar to a see-saw with
One participant, well, you get it.
I'd surely go outside less.
The light is good for my skin, and
my mind, I guess.
Darkness breeds darkness.
Light holds it back, slightly.
Opposition is a necessity.
Unimpeded unidirectional force gathers
Strong momentum.
Carnage, certainly, would result
From a crash.
Best to keep the momentum low.

amusemi
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since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

1 posted 2009-02-03 11:34 PM

Enjoyed...kat

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2009-02-03 11:45 PM

Intresting poem, Peter.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-02-03 11:46 PM

Interesting poem, Peter.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2009-02-04 11:47 AM

Much enjoyed Peter, the intimate yet paradoxically reserved conversational tone was particularly enjoyable. The subject reminded me of a bunch of poems I wrote a long time ago. I'll probably post 3 of them now.

Owl

peter griffin
Member

since 2008-03-06

Posts 56

5 posted 2009-02-04 02:47 PM

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.

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