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Michael
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0 posted 2019-11-14 04:07 AM


Perspective


Why only when in the desert
Will I look to the sky?
Does baleful ignorance and hurt
Such action justify?
Consciously seeking shadow—doubt,
(Thine own self vilify),
Have I walked this world elbows out,
Likely will till I die.

From birth feeling jaded—different,
Wrapped myself in a shroud,
Using darkness to circumvent
All not spoken aloud.
Preventative measure I thought,
If to give pause to scorn.
Yet somewhere in that black was wrought
That which could not be born.

Reflective bias not withstood,
Ever lay down the curse.
A myriad misunderstood
Pleas dying with each verse.
Biting the hands that reach to me,
Lost 'the menagerie.
A flower adrift on the sea
Of all I'll never be.

Oh the perspective is not lost,
Nor will ever the yearn
Be cast aside to weigh the cost
Of soul ever in burn.
The eyes may plead of dire need,
Yet still may never raise
To look in yours 'fore time obscures
The chance to wasted days.


Michael Anderson


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Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
1 posted 2019-11-14 05:13 AM


Always enjoy your perspective, Michael.

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US
2 posted 2019-11-14 07:56 PM


"walked this world elbows out"...
Cool expression among the darkness M.

Sky~

Autumn..
The Golden Hush
Before Winter~

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