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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 1999-07-11 09:11 AM

Bleeding Out Poetry

I gaze down
upon the paper before me,
the ink that stains it,
still dark and wet...
like blood pouring from an open wound.
I try to ebb the flow
of words,
thoughts,
emotions;
all revealing more of me
than I choose to expose.
Each line,
syllable,
letter
reopens the gash.
You cut out my heart
with the precision of a surgeons scalpel.
Your words,
much sharper than my own,
leaving me with no choice
but to bleed out my thoughts.
This flood of words,
this hemorrhage of emotions,
puddles in a blur
before my eyes.
More wetness now,
upon my skin,
and a single tear
drops
to blend with the ink.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Christina Myers
Member

since 1999-06-21

Posts 159

1 posted 1999-07-11 11:07 AM

I like the poem and the quote at the end- how true... how very true. A nice piece that I can somewhat relate too- I've often felt as though my poetry was wiser than me- letting the truth out before I knew it.
Bravo on a job well done.

-Christina

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-07-11 11:38 AM

Christina,
Thank you for your reply. I sometimes think that if I didn't write, I wouldn't understand myself at all. Make any sense? My poetry is a way for me to clarify events in my life, to help me deal with things I might not be able to deal with otherwise.

Poetwheel
Member

since 1999-07-07

Posts 208
Canada

3 posted 1999-07-11 12:06 PM

Hey Hoot! Nice piece. Funny you mentioned how writing helps you understand and deal with things... I think it does this for all of us, and the readers realization that others experience similar problems/joys/sorrow as he/she is what makes reading almost as good as writing. Even the Poetic Wheelbarrow psychobabble often results from frustration/happiness...
PW

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Poetic Wheelbarrow
http://sites.netscape.net/poetwheel

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

4 posted 1999-07-16 07:11 PM

Poet...thank you for your wonderful comments

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

5 posted 1999-07-16 07:20 PM

Great imagery. Very strong emotionally and the title befits your work. I bow to you and yours.

P.S. Thanks for looking in on mine.

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