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The Watch
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The Watch |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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The Watch Quiet tonight, so calm—so still, This is my company. A blank stare from the windowsill, For what is there to see? The music: it used to play here, Until the power blew. The echoes, well they seemed sincere, But long ago withdrew. I wonder if the floor would creak, Were I able to stand? I wonder if I chose to speak, Might someone understand? A million thoughts to curse the mind, None offset the unease. I know most would rather go blind Than share in this disease. The cobwebs, so long in forming, Creep slow across the pane. The dark sky of my mind storming, Though it never brings rain. The soul is parched, the mouth dust-filled, As the skin dries and cracks. Small tolls a body unfulfilled So gleefully exacts. I’ll never rise again I know, Nor speak another word Of things Time’s taught me to forego, Hopes held that die unheard. Until the stare itself is lost, On eyes that yet won’t close. Forever taking in the cost Of this, my ill-repose. Michael Anderson |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Soul touching and very sad, Michael. There are those of us out here in the poetry world who understand your words and share some of your situation. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Very sensitive, Michael. Thank you! |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Michael, Your words are so soulful they are in a class by themselves. ~L |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Michael, this poem reminds me of Robert Service's poetry - the torturous solitude that brings man to his mental knees. Haunting in its eloquence. Well done, Michael! A |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael..I made myself a promise to study your poetry and the style you write. You my friend are a poetry master...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Dang Alison, "the torturous solitude that brings man to his mental knees" is a poem in itself. I honestly have never read any Robert Service poetry, but your representation of him is downright enticing. I will remedy that soon. |
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