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Patricia
Member Elite

since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

0 posted 2007-07-26 07:04 PM

Midst My Struggle

I peer into this forest thicket,
from borrowed bottomland
from a place on this path where
I’d rather not be,
but intuitively
know I have chosen.

Midst my struggle

I see myself in non-descriptions,
more in monotone and monotony,
with a heart grayer than it should be.
I wish I could feel again.
Even the sting of rain upon raw flesh
would be preferred to this walk
through sulky clouds and mist.

Midst my struggle

I see myself defined by eras.
Once in adolescence,
a wild flower, a carefree chameleon
And then an epoch of
adulthood and my predictability
as a perennial blossom.

Today I can’t recall my childhood.

Midst my struggle

I cling to one and then the other...
searching for a perfect rest from this restlessness,
Dreaming of waking to everything as it should be.

But then again, perhaps it already is.

Midst my struggle

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2007-07-26 07:41 PM

If you want it to be different, it will be a struggle...but worth it...James

gwaihir
Member

since 2007-07-20

Posts 58
Sub-tropical, USA

2 posted 2007-07-26 08:18 PM

I sometimes feel like this. I am always glad when that mood passes.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2007-07-26 09:26 PM

there are days I wake up feeling positive and then there are days I don't want to wake up at all

this is a write I can relate to for sure

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2007-07-26 09:32 PM

Hello Pattyricia....good to see you again,
and hope that life is acceptable for you.
If you are like us, we have all sorts of
days, some good, some not as good, but all
OK....could be much worse.

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2007-07-28 12:13 PM

Good to read you again Patricia.

This is a beautiful rendering.
The restless heart was very clear.

..."Midst my struggle

I cling to one and then the other...
searching for a perfect rest from this restlessness,
Dreaming of waking to everything as it should be."...

Stunning verse

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2007-07-28 05:44 PM

there are times I feel the same:

"Today I can’t recall my childhood"...don't know the reason though~~

M

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2007-07-28 09:34 PM

I see myself defined by eras.
Once in adolescence,
a wild flower, a carefree chameleon
And then an epoch of
adulthood and my predictability
as a perennial blossom.

~*~

Perennial is good.
It means everlasting...
so that all you share,
all you teach,
will be here...
tomorrow.

Well done, m'friend!

Berenice
Junior Member

since 2007-07-18

Posts 18

8 posted 2007-07-29 01:14 AM

Part of life is well penned. good!

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