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Dream-life |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Dream-life There’s always something there in dream, Something I cannot reach. Palpable sensations of life That I can never breach. But there in dream, they hold me true, And this blind man can see All that I miss while I’m awake— Still bound to Misery. Daylight whites out the imagery So gleefully obtained, As I resume melancholy Seemingly preordained. The world, a distant echo Of things I’ve never shared, Slipping beyond the ebb and flow Of one who never dared. My best friends, pieces of paper, My guiding light a pen; I’ve long watched emotion taper, Doubting what’s left within. No feeling left unto my touch, I pray for darker skies. That I might function through my crutch, A vision full of lies. Feel that, or feel nothing at all, The former is for me. I’ve seen the writing on the wall, I know it’s not pretty. But one day soon these eyes will close, Maybe this time for good; While in the dream-life I have chose All ends up like it should. Michael Anderson 8/23/2014 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I read this post a few times since you have posted it and have I just been unable to comment. Truly, the words just would not come. I'm sorry, but your constant dark sometimes grabs me and freezes my will to comment. Hope I'm making sense. I guess this is a comment after all. I'm wishing you happier times. Do you think Poe did it this way? ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Hrm Jer, there are similiarities in my writing and Poe's I am sure... his work actually inspired my first attempt at poetry. I think are are definate differences in the way we have aprroached our writings though. Poe was driven, in almost a mad sense, toward perfection. He often wrote pieces and then rewrote them many times over. He also had a general disdain for other writers at the time and felt an absolute need to be one up on them. I have no such issues. Most of the things I write are for a purely selfish reason... a bleeding out of the dark emotion within me. I am content, at most times, to write what I have to and walk away... a lot of the time the actual writing is nothing more than a fifteen minute purge. I often wonder why when things aren't really so bleak around me, nearly everything I write still turns out dark. I've concluded that it just must stem from the alienation a lack of ability to feel lighter emotion gives. Anyway, I completely understand about the not always having a reply part, and trust me... I do not worry about it. I feel like a broken record myself always writing so darkly for the most part. Even so, I post my poems for those who might be in a mood for them, but I know they probably should come with a Surgeon General's warning label attatched.  Michael |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The world, a distant echo Of things I’ve never shared, Slipping beyond the ebb and flow Of one who never dared. Reading these lines, I felt like I was looking in a mirror. But before I could completely embrace the melancholy, I read your comment about the Surgeon General... and write through laughter. LOL |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! Yep, suthern, that Surgeon General warning was a good'n. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Hehe, glad I got a smile out out of you two. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I take comfort in your melancholy now Michael. I can say I'm not alone and yeah, that is what the #@$!! feels like. I also no longer worry about you. I empathize, but don't worry. Just think of your writing as dark chocolate. Lori |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
"All ends up as it should" ... and isn't that the truth after all? And what if dream-life was the real reality, and all the rest illusion? "Blessed are the afflicted for they shall be consoled", says Jesus. The outpouring of your melancholy is always poetically intense, dear Michael. Love and peace, Margherita |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Ha! As always, and interesting, well-written piece, my friend ... and loved the comments, especially about the surgeon general... enjoyed. j. |
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