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Open Poetry #47

We Can’t

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-11-01 10:20 AM

We can’t choose
our flesh and bones
the sticks and stones
that hurt us
the word we heard
that shaped us
when we were
but wee bits
of clay
We can see
the hauntings
of damage done
in our everyday
We run from phantoms
hiding in the hollows
of our heart
The rotting stench
of festering sore
chokes out the room
for more
of what
hearts are for

LGR©11/1/11

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-11-01 10:34 AM

You sure do know how to tell it like it is,my friend. This is a gem. A real deal gem.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write the other way. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2011-11-01 10:36 AM

Thanks Jerry, glad you could relate!

Lori

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2011-11-01 02:54 PM

Oh, my!!! You certainly wrote some powerful truths!!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2011-11-01 07:40 PM

"The rotting stench
of festering sore
chokes out the room
for more
of what
hearts are for"

Nice write Lori, love the close. It kinda puts the lid on any question of why "We Can't"

Enjoyed

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2011-11-01 10:42 PM

*S* Yes, truths have a way of being like that sometimes...and some lessons get learned the hard way...or maybe that's just me. Always good to hear from you

Lori

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2011-11-01 10:50 PM

Thanks JL, I appreciate your comments.

Lori

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