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The Dance
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The Dance |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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The Dance Sorrow consigned to emptiness Such a long time ago. Alas, the foundation was set, Become my walk of woe. I found myself enraptured, charmed, Fell into her mystique. Guarded man completely disarmed, The soul’s interest was piqued. As black turned gray up in the sky, Precursor to the blight, Forty years held stone dry the eye With nerve to call it sight! A cloak of thorns draped over me, The world left to rot. A sweet slow dance with Misery The only love I’ve sought. A devil’s squeal, an angel’s sigh, A branded walk of shame. Starting and completing the lie I took on as a name. I look up now at years slipped by, Won’t, in vain, count the cost. Just wonder why I still can’t cry, In seeing what was lost. The music fading settles me, I feel what’s coming next. Forsaken by the misery That once gave life pretext. Don’t seek rainbows and unicorns To carve last notch to stone, Just one touch, with retracted thorns, Before dying alone. Michael Anderson |
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Xeonox
since 2000-04-01
Posts 1764CA, USA |
Great write. Lot of poetic content in here. Below are my favorite lines. Forty years held stone dry the eye With nerve to call it sight! I speak insanity. I write fantasy. I sleep reality. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Thank you, Xeonox. We as humans tend to have the knack of blinding ourselves to that which we should be paying the most attention to. It is our nature. Glad you liked the write.  |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Well, here is another one that I've read multiple times now in an effort to find words that would pay it the proper respect it deserves. You do darkness well. I also get images of a male "Sleeping Beauty" here. I hope that isn't insulting. LOL I'm sure that's only a part of what the imagery is conveying. For years I used the coping mechanism of conditioning myself not to cry. It's amazing what a person can purposely force upon themselves.
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Love the Sleeping Beauty take, Jenn. I do see it now that you bring it up. Gonna have to work on my happy endings it looks like.  And no person’s honest view of any poem should be considered insulting. It’s one of the reasons I seldom elaborate publicly on anything I write. I hate to be the spoiler. Different people will draw different ideas as to what lies within a poem based on what they have been exposed to in their own lives, which to me is as it should be.“For years I used the coping mechanism of conditioning myself not to cry. It's amazing what a person can purposely force upon themselves.” …and it’s amazingly cruel that for all the courage it takes to drum up that kind of strength, we end up robbing ourselves of one of the most basic needs of our humanity. The ability to mourn. ((Hugs)) to you. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Michael, The way your poetry tugs at the heart strings it is as if it was a harp playing the saddest songs ever. I truly believe we are born to love and have the ability to learn all our lives. ~L |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael...Many ways to take this masterpiece, Faith in God is one of them and just to let you know he will always be there for you if you ask him. You will never be alone. Enjoyed this different side of you...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 |
Lori, I believe you are 100% right when you say: "I truly believe we are born to love and have the ability to learn all our lives" I thank you for those kind words. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Paul, Happy to see you here tonight. There is change taking place in my writing. I'm glad you noticed. I do place my faith in God and I know where I am heading beyond this plane. I sleep well at night in this. This was reflective of the effects of previous choices that remain, even after eyes are opened to new and beautiful things. Thank you for your kind words Paul, I hope all is well with you. |
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CarolineToo Junior Member
since 2018-07-22
Posts 17Florida |
I've wanted to write about something that's been haunting me for nearly forty years now and can't find the words. You found them for me and arranged them beautifully. I'm so glad I came to read them today. I've always loved your writing. If I wake up on this side of the dirt, I call it a good day. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Hey Caroline, How the heck are you? It’s really good to see you. I hope you will hang around with us some. Michael |
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