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Paper Tigers
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Paper Tigers |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Paper Tigers I wake to face the day, unclad. I watch the clouds roll in. Stuck between lost and mad, and sad; Oh, where do I begin? Sandpipers of Oblivion, I hear your call today. 'Wonder if I'm the only one Who's ever felt this way. I hear the paper tigers roar, But with nothing to say. I see the stricken eagles soar Through dreams of yesterday. I place the rose in the bible, So it can fade to black. Just one more kick from life so cruel— She's never coming back. I walk outside to feel the rain, Cold comfort on my skin. The autumn wind a course to pain, My resolve wearing thin. There's something bleak here chasing me. I stand, too tired to run; And turn to face, eternally, A destiny undone. I place my face to the pillow, But never close my eyes. The darkness creeps in, cold and slow, Yet always in disguise. My one true friend, I one time thought; But now have peeled its mask... Another day, given to rot, I've held true to its task. The world outside just turns and turns. It never stops to see The ones it's lost, the ones it burns— The ones who'll never be A part of it, but stand outside, If never once seen clear... A hazy thought, a dream denied, Given to disappear. Michael Anderson 10/23/2013 |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA |
Great write. The question should be, rather than, "Who has felt this way?" Who hasn't. |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Loved it! You held me from beginning to end with this character's loss. |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Nicely done! Kat >^..^< |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
You do despair so well, Michael and yes, I think it is a sad reality that we all feel at times. Ida |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Despair is a heavy coat to wear, especially in the rain...and it comes in one size fits all. I am blessed for today I only tried it on in your poem. Then I could hang it back up in its all too easy to reach corner. Lori  |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Gunslinger, indeed. That you have felt this way at all, though it may relieve some of the alienation I feel on a daily basis, leaves an ache in my heart for you as well. Mysteria & Kat, so great to see the both of you here. Thank you. Ida, for me, it's a glad reality that, for others, feeling this way is not a constant. I truthfully only do it well because I have way too much practice at it. Lori, it is never my intent to bring others down with me when I write. I'm glad in reading this, you were not negatively affected. Thank you for chancing it. Michael |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
fine writing...the title is good...James |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
Love this poem, Michael! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
very emotionnal, and you can feel everything around you, i like sometimes feel the rain too, it makes you sort of alive, thanks for the great reading, yann |
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