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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2012-09-02 12:01 PM

Closer

I lay here in my hospital bed,
Just one more day closer to dead...
My plastic reality well-fed,
I simply close my eyes.

The snores as loud as thunder peals,
The television opposite me squeals,
As in my head the churning wheels
Rip to shreds all ties...

To sanity, so far behind me -
To vanity, with naught left to remind me
Of humanity - her chains which should bind me
As every hope of sleep now dies.

With headphones on, and guitars strumming,
The nurse who dared wake me still running,
And the end taking its sweet time coming
Down this river os slow lies...

All thoughts broken, I know no peace
While, unspoken, I watch hope cease
To exist, a token I release
To this moment, dark and damned!

'Neath these bright lights which still shine on,
With every aspiration drawn
That dream might yet, before the dawn,
Lay upon me its wistful hand.

And so, with one last shuttered breath,
To mourn all I could not forget,
I know's meeting its graceless death
This day I'll never see...

The river of thought finally slowing down,
As, in the confusion, I drown...
While there, in her black wedding gown,
Sweet Silence smiles for me.

Michael Anderson

Did I waste it?
Not so much I couldn't taste it.

Bono

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2012-09-02 02:01 AM

Sending you love and light, Michael.
Ida

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2012-09-02 06:13 AM

quote:
'Neath these bright lights which still shine on,
With every aspiration drawn
That dream might yet, before the dawn,
Lay upon me its wistful hand.

Oh my, dear Michael, this is masterfully written as usual and it is a terrific testimony to what too many people are going through ...

If this is personal (I hope not ...) I can only send big hugs too.

Love and peace.
Margherita

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-09-02 06:45 AM

I refuse to believe this is personal, Michael. There are many, however, who are lying in that very same hospital bed awaiting the bridesmaid, dressed in her black wedding gown and with her sounds of sweet silence. Poeishly fantastic!

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2012-09-02 12:27 PM

You never fail your readers, m'friend.

Startime1955
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since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2012-09-02 01:53 PM

My prayers are with you...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-09-02 06:54 PM

"'Neath these bright lights which still shine on,
With every aspiration drawn
That dream might yet, before the dawn,
Lay upon me its wistful hand."

Beautiful, my friend, just beautiful...

Enjoyed this write.

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!

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

7 posted 2012-09-02 11:07 PM

Michael, dear poet, love your poetic style...
May His healing hand touch you my friend!
Like Ida, sending you Love and Light!
Ms. E

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

8 posted 2012-09-05 06:38 AM

'Neath these bright lights which still shine on,
With every aspiration drawn
That dream might yet, before the dawn,
Lay upon me its wistful hand"

Fine lines, took my breathe away!

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"
prasadnatarajan5.blogspot.com/

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2012-09-11 03:53 PM

With headphones on, and guitars strumming,
The nurse who dared wake me still running,

The image these lines left pierced the tone of gloom and dread... I could just picture the frustration!! *S*

And you're taking ANOTHER bride? LOL Watch out... Misery's not gonna like that! LOL

Seriously - a great write I can enjoy so much more knowing you're better now. *S*

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

10 posted 2012-09-13 01:27 AM

Thank you all for the kind replies on this.  I'm out of the hospital now, and truthfully the last stay was one that could have been completely avoided if I had just taken some more precaution with my health... Live and learn I suppose.

I didn't realize how dark this one seems to come off.  You were right not to believe it personal in that regard, Jer.  This was written at about 3:30 in the morning, with a t.v. blaring on one side of me and someone snoring on the other, and yes, the nurse who woke me, probably and hour and a half earlier,
probably was still running.

the silence I was seeking was sleep, not death. I apologize if I mislead anyone.

Michael

Death's but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God.

Thomas Parnell

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