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Michael

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0 posted 2020-06-19 02:08 PM

A Trifle, Really

A piece of your soul, all I ask,
Is that too much to give?
Poetry is my art, my task,
Only through it I live.
With every line I yield through time,
I leave a piece of me.
The cup run dry, but for this sigh,
Where is your poetry?

I take you on my walks through hell,
Show you my jaded skies.
Can you not let me know you’re well?
See the smile of your eyes?
Two sides to this, I yield my kiss,
A wish blown soft from palm.
For joy, for pain, for toss of mane,
Anything but dead calm!

The silence is too much to bear,
When even buzzards flee.
I’ll take the wound, ever aware
Cost of this lies with me.
As shadow, itself drifts away
To a fine mist—a haze,
I pass through this silent abyss,
And long for the old days.

Michael Anderson

6/19/2020

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

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1 posted 2020-06-19 06:28 PM

Michael...Wonderful write. Loved the last line...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

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2 posted 2020-06-19 10:34 PM

Thank you, Paul. I hope you are doing well my friend.

Temptress

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3 posted 2020-06-25 01:26 AM

No "dead calm" please!
The eyes are hungry and the brain needs challenging! I love this plea!

Obviously my eyes and brain need sleep as well.

I love this, Michael. It seems to have worked.

"Maybe that's the way I should go
Straight into the mouth of the unknown"

Shinedown

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4 posted 2020-06-25 06:41 AM

Well said, Michael. I long for the old days too.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

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5 posted 2020-06-26 03:50 PM

Jenn, the brain definitely needs, and responds to challenge. I think we should give them what they want. Oh, and sleep is highly, highly overrated. That's why we have caffeine after-all.

Ida, thank you for your kind words. Seeing your recent words brought a huge smile to my face.

Michael

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