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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I picked up 51 when I hit the Arkansas line And let it wind me along the valley flanked by high green remembering how a person could get lost Even when they knew where they were Not a lot had changed here It still looked as poor as the thin dirt holding oak To the hogback ridges and the people were few Through this part of the mountains Except for the diehards whose families had come here And never had enough to leave when they wanted And now, didn’t want But the solitude and freedom of knowing there Was no one looking over their shoulder Up about Ten Killer I took a sidetrack Finding the ridge off an unmarked road Where I remembered the first time I had seen What the soft of her did to the hard of this scrabble board Of trees and stone as it spelled out the few words One can hold when they look at beauty Then get tongue tied at a sunset’s changing shadow And unable to capture any of it But in some dusty words scribbled on now yellowed pages that hid the fear of never being enough When it came to what you could give Or explain about the way it felt to lie beside her as she slept Wondering if the end would taste as bitter As the cigarette butt you’d light for a twice smoked When the sun came up This time Alone I knew that memories aren’t like a rattler They didn’t warn you at all Before they bit And ends are like that twice smoked It didn’t matter if they were bitter or not You just inhaled And went on [This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (08-10-2010 09:52 AM).] |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Captivating..winds through your rich imagery and nostalgic wisdom like the twining roads you write of... wonderful to read. ~Amaryllis |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
the roads we rode, called them different numbered names but they all went to the same place of our edges.. can feel the wool of this one.. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Amaryllis, many thanks for the eyes and the kind words... glad you found something in my scribble to enjoy... |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Brother Dark... the numbers are interchangeable, the wool, seems to be one size fits all.. many thanks for the eyes and your kind words. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Your roads are taking you far, love ~ |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Thanks Belle... familiar roads, just looking at them with older eyes.... and knowing you can't go back only forward |
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