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Open Poetry #4

Melancholia of Madness

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 1999-12-20 10:37 PM

The hardest thing that one can do-
Is delve inside the mind..
Within the crannies and the cracks,
Not knowing what they’ll find.
Deeds, and dreams from long ago
We tried so to forget-
Aspirations, evil things-
We never shall confess.
To glimpse the evil of our hearts
Perversion of our souls....
Sufficient torture for the worst
Worse than a bed of coals.
Ah, wretch! The saddest sight of all
Which one can ever see....
Is when the enemy is met-
I see that he is me.

Fairy Colours
Member

since 1999-12-02

Posts 169
Sunrise,Fl,US

1 posted 1999-12-20 10:44 PM

Awesome. Very thought provoking.

--A Little Fairy--

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 1999-12-20 10:55 PM

Yes...I like this one! We all have our 'hidden selves'!

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

3 posted 1999-12-20 10:59 PM

You could not have shot any straighter than this, Gunslinger. Excellent thoughts and true to the mark.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

4 posted 1999-12-20 11:04 PM

Well, I guess we all have a bit of that in us! good one slinger!

samsonheart
Member

since 1999-12-20

Posts 72
Missouri rez.

5 posted 1999-12-21 12:54 PM

Gunslinger, nice work. I like this one a lot. By the way, you get your name from Stephen King? I love his books.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 1999-12-21 12:57 PM

How true. Great poem.

Denise

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