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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2015-12-13 11:26 AM

Heartsleeve writes messages
on her cuff in blood
pleading while bleeding
for attention.
Like a siren of the Sirenum scopuli
or a train wreck,
it’s hard to look away.
Her words are enchanting
lyrics to a song,
luring ever closer
to her truth
and warning.

Behold
the prism
that I am.
Choose your color
in my vision.
Do not be distracted by rainbows
I have thrown.
My light is refracted.
It is not my own.

Her sleeve is made of tattoos,
the heart so fresh it still bleeds,
nothing more she wears on her paper isles.
The lines tell a story
she’s imprisoned to tell.
God only knows her fate
He holds her light
that radiates her every hue
and somehow they see her
in their darkness.
That light speaks
to all that see their light.
Namaste.

LGR©12/13/15

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-12-13 12:16 PM

Ahhh . . . Heartsleeve is back with us and in dire need for special attention.

"The lines tell a story
she’s imprisoned to tell."

Yes. Yes and yes indeed. It is easy to imagine her on those rocky cliffs with the icy spray of the ocean in her face, trying to formulate her story to tell . . .

~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2015-12-13 12:36 PM

Yes, I bet you can. ~L

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2015-12-13 05:16 PM

Namasté.

Wonderfully written, dear Lori. From what I see you are on a roll Poetess!

Love,
Margherita

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2015-12-14 06:55 AM

My dearest Margherita,
you were the inspiration here. ~L

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2015-12-15 12:54 PM

Lori:
"Her sleeve is made of tattoos,
the heart so fresh it still bleeds,
nothing more she wears on her paper isles."

This verse makes the picture of your poem so real, or alive.

Loved the write, very deep.

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!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2015-12-15 01:13 PM

Thank you so much JL! I appreciate you noticing there was more than what was on the surface. Good to see you! ~L

Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)

7 posted 2015-12-15 08:13 PM

Well written, so much to find and tease out of your words.
Thanks
Pete

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2015-12-15 10:40 PM

Nice company!

~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~

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