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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2008-09-16 03:40 PM

So easy just to think not be
the epitome of all love feels
and drag a woman by the hair
into the heartache fields.

Lay her down and roll in dust
the body, mind, and more
but of her soul do not trespass
the boundaries now put in place
to keep the loving out.

She leans back hands on hips
and this surveyor of the scene
not yet satisfied
coils and rolls another batch
of impenetrable barbed wire
unmindful of the hurt
that boundaries always bring.

And then when finally she’s done
she waits but there’s no tear
not yet and maybe not ever
because once the switch-off has begun
the rest follows like a puppy dog
after the master of intent.

She’s free at last of other’s needs
or her need to be needed
and she awaits the Ides of March
for already she’s in tune
with what she has to think
to become as if she’s not!

Helen / 16 September 2008

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2008-09-16 03:51 PM

Enjoyed this, Helen. There's a feeling of strength and resolve here.
Ida

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2008-09-16 03:54 PM

Thanks, Ida! Yes, when one is done, one is done!

Helen

WTBAKELAR

Senior Member

since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

3 posted 2008-09-16 04:22 PM

Helen, this seams like a cold and lonely place. turned off by necessity and blocking by need. May your future bring you joy and happiness. This poem made me feel,,Wow. It made me FEEL.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2008-09-16 04:36 PM

Hi, WTBAKELAR. Yes, the poem's as a result of what I have been made to feel so it's really just a vent ... but the vent is closed and the stale air lingers. Cold places usually warm up eventually but they're never quite the same again.

Helen

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

5 posted 2008-09-18 12:53 PM

Enjoyed the post Helen.

Lindsay

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2008-09-18 07:28 AM

Thanks, Linday. Glad you enjoyed.

Helen

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

7 posted 2008-09-18 10:26 AM

I love how one writes with such beauty from feelings, thoughts, and emotions

to you Helen

ARCTIC WIND

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