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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2014-02-17 02:28 AM

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These rooms are all so quiet now;
Echoes have found surcease.
They hold no remembrance of how
Or what could bring such peace.
But scars are there, holes in the walls
And the stains on the floor;
As I walk down these empty halls,
Like all those times before.

Yesterday I dropped the bomb
That killed both man and mouse—
Left me to rule, the axiom,
In chains in my own house.
And yet Time heals all wounds they say,
Why should I prove them wrong?
Waking to rue another day,
Or singing a sad song.

She's never coming back, I know.
I've never pushed so hard
To bring forth hate from love— to show
That I'm the one who's scarred.
...To claim my right to emptiness,
In varying degree.
...To wash that love to the abyss
Of Regret's endless sea.

I love her still, I always will
As she walks the new day.
Far better of I know, and still
It hurts to look away.
Yet I find I can smile, too.
I know I've done what's right.
Place photo in the drawer, on cue;
And give Silence the night.

Tomorrow eyes may look to me,
Yet I won't hesitate
To just walk on slow and steady,
And share with none this fate.
Cycle broken, the curse will die,
'Won't give it life again—
Let even one look me in eye
To see what lies within.

Michael Anderson

2/16/2014

...How many hours of night or day
In those suspended pangs I lay,
I could not tell; I scarcely knew
If this were human breath I drew...

Byron

[This message has been edited by Michael (08-03-2019 03:12 AM).]

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

1 posted 2014-02-17 02:40 AM

A sad retrospective Michael.

Photographs can bring wonderful memories or make one relive painful experiences.

Good reading in spite of it all.

Regards from Bluesy

...just bein' Bluesy

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2014-02-22 09:40 AM

Well done, my friend - would not expect any less from you.

j.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2014-02-22 11:21 AM

Sad but skillful writing as usual. Michael.
Ida

Walter Poe
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

4 posted 2014-02-23 06:09 PM

Like the style and wording feels honest and real

I aint as good as I once was but I'm as good, once, as I ever was. - Toby Keith

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