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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2014-06-22 01:52 PM

Meandering

I wither, as upon the tine—
Suffer the fate of our design...
Yet without a course to resolve,
Day by day watch myself dissolve.
Awaiting Death I have no choice
But to, in thought of him, rejoice;
And dance, sinking into this hole,
Still dangling from your gallows pole.

The weight of which, unascertained,
Forever to lie unexplained
As it follows me through the black
Abyss, from which there's no way back.
Often as not, I choose to wait,
Rather than once again tempt Fate;
Though know too well a pensive course
Only leads to grounds of remorse.

So of the dark meandering
A tomorrowless world will bring,
One thought stands clear to eyes in thrall:
It seems I'm human, after all.
And yet this stark and graceless night,
Which stopped to bless me with its plight,
Tells me tomorrow yet may come
If by beat of funeral drum.

So I wake not, but linger on
Through a cold and impassive dawn,
To dream that face, to touch those lips—
Feel the touch of your fingertips.
To drink your smile, if one last time,
As the old grandfather clock chimes;
Eyes closed, where I still hear you sing,
So lost to this meandering.

Michael Anderson

9/23/2013

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-06-22 02:33 PM

Ahhh . . . The pain. The pain. The PAIN! I fear it will never leave you Michael, but can only hope that as the days, weeks, months and years roll on by, your heartache will lessen and give you a kind of piece.

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

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2014-06-23 10:04 AM

A dark beauty in its entirety.
Written by one who lives the pain.
I wish for you a ray of sun and a brighter day.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2014-06-24 03:02 PM

Great write, Michael.
That is some heavy "Meandering".
Loved the expressive/descriptive vision of the last verse.

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!

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