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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2011-11-02 05:45 PM

King Nothing

As I live my life in prison – as the rapist wanders free,
I cannot help but reflect on the man I used to be.
The solitary vision skewed, a voice lost in my head…
I wander toward the vacant dawn – another day to dread.
In splinters of ambivalence, I trade my truth for guilt.
With nothing left but self-curses, ‘embrace the darkness felt.
As, dancing in the decadence of rehabilitation,
Identity bleeds out in verses of self-degradation.

The shade been drawn forever, I look to the jaded sky –
Take another step forward, never caring where, or why.
Emptiness but a feather in the wings of broken trust,
‘Await but death, the true reward of a cause believed just…
Where shadow never minds playing tricks upon a weathered mind,
But reality and truth are never truly intertwined;
‘Look to take flight, boldly display wings spread in misbelief,
Fall headlong from a fabled youth to my empire of grief.

As, upon me, I see their eyes, yet refuse to harbor shame.
Not sure that I wouldn’t join them, if I weren’t harnessing blame.
It’s strange the things you realize – what certainties you hold,
(Those, without word, who would condemn – those lover’s eyes turned cold);
As you wander on, implausible, in spaces shared, alone,
Through the realms of abandonment, to take place on the throne…
All life, all dream, impossible – bid yourself never awaken
To the kingdom of hope, misspent, or its king, ever forsaken!

Michael Anderson

11/02/2011

I could not love except where Death
Was mingling his with Beauty’s breath —
Or Hymen, Time, and Destiny
Were stalking between her and me

EAP

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2011-11-02 05:54 PM

Wow. That first line really zings the eyes
then scours the heart...

and 'tis brutally honest.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-11-02 06:19 PM

You are a skilled craftsman, Michael, and you show those skills in poetry such as this. It isn't easy to get your point across when you are trying to rhyme, but you do it -- constantly -- I tip my hat to you, my friend.

They will come back, come back again,
As long as the red earth rolls.
He never wasted a leaf or a tree,
Do you think he would squander souls?

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2011-11-02 06:58 PM

Double wow. Excellent in word, story and rhyme. Painful experiences expressed so well.

"But reality and truth are never truly intertwined;
‘Look to take flight, boldly display wings spread in misbelief,
Fall headlong from a fabled youth to my empire of grief."

Enjoyed the read.

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

4 posted 2011-11-02 07:08 PM

If your words weren't so beautfully wrought I couldn't bear the pain of reading them.
Excellent as always. Hugs

Lori

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2011-11-02 07:56 PM

Emptiness but a feather in the wings of broken trust,
‘Await but death, the true reward of a cause believed just…
Where shadow never minds playing tricks upon a weathered mind,
But reality and truth are never truly intertwined;

Sheer poetic magic... read through tears. The magnificence of your rhyme is matched only by the heartbreak of your words... Awed by the powerful poem, I offer (((((HUGS))))) for the poet. *S*

Dinosr
Member

since 2011-10-08

Posts 68
Yavapai, Arizona

6 posted 2011-11-02 09:16 PM

Michael,
..Your painted thoughts really
pack a wallop. Enjoyed the work,
felt the theme.

Thanks for sharing,
Karl

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

7 posted 2011-11-02 10:10 PM

Enjoyed the read, my friend ... wish I could write like that...especially, rhyme...

j.

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

8 posted 2011-11-03 04:08 PM

K., lol, well, I’ve never been bashful, or easy to intimidate.

JP, thank you, my friend.

JL, glad you enjoyed.

Lori, I thank you for a fine compliment… and I’m glad you do read ‘em.

Ruth, ((hugs)) gratefully accepted.

Karl, jwesley, thank you both very much.

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