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WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

0 posted 2001-02-20 02:58 PM

What goes through your mind
As you're striking out in anger?
One look into the inferno
Raging in your eyes
As your teeth clench together
You become someone unknown
There is a deadness
an arctic set within
the features of your face
As you seem oblivious
to everything but your anger
and whom it's focused upon.

We have paid the price
taken the toll of blows.
Though bruises heal
the rest sits like glue
in the mind that
never deteriorates.
We've paid a high price
Paid with our minds
Paid with our bodies
Paid with our lives

You can sit feeling
justice wasn't done
The price you pay
is as a leaf
blown in the wind
How is it unjustified
When you pay with time
and money
And we pay with ourselves-
Our lives.

How can you complain
the price you pay is too high?
The restitution you pay
does it mend the tattered shirt
Fix the broken heart
Can it replenish the spirit
that was slowly wrung dry
Does it bring healing
to broken bones
or cover the multi colored bruising
or hide the scars of battle left behind

The hardest price you pay
The biggest blow you get
Is to your EGO
when you stand
in front of the judge
and say:

"guilty">

<*\\\><

I know not what the future holds,
but I know Who holds the future.

I don't question YOUR existance - GOD

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 2001-02-20 03:52 PM

This is heartbreaking, Dovey... so many truths written into lines that simply sear as they share the fear and scars. Well done!

walker
Member Elite

since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

2 posted 2001-02-20 05:16 PM

It's so sad that so many families face violence each day. Sad, but truthful poem. Well done.

WhiteKnight
Member

since 2001-01-01

Posts 83
NY

3 posted 2001-02-20 07:11 PM

A good friend of mine has been going through something similar to your poem, this simply reminds me how lucky I really am. Well done.

WhiteKnight

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

4 posted 2001-02-20 07:16 PM

Excellent description of anger. Sadly, too many people succumb to it nowadays.

NC
Member

since 2001-02-20

Posts 89

5 posted 2001-02-20 07:36 PM

an ugly truth
given voice

and you've done
an excellent job

well stated

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

6 posted 2001-02-20 08:47 PM

Thank ya Ruth! I'm glad it came across. Hugs

Walker it is sad that anyone has to face violence in their life. Thank you for reading!

WK I'm really sorry to hear that. If you're friend is going through something violent I hope they can get out, or get help. Thanks!

Thank you Sharon. It is sad how many are affected by it. Even sadder that many cannot control their anger.

Thank you much NC!

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2001-02-20 09:12 PM

Very well expressed, Rebecca. Nobody should have to live under such conditions. Help is there for those who need it, more so than ever before.

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

8 posted 2001-02-20 10:25 PM

The same bitter medicine is much easier administered and forgotten than when swallowed. It's so sad for both. Learning constructive problem solving is usually blocked by heightened anger, then guilt adds fuel to the fire. Nice poem.

Voiceless
Senior Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 686
Under the stars upon the wind

9 posted 2001-02-20 10:29 PM

Sad, but well done

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

10 posted 2001-02-20 10:33 PM

This is an excellent poem, dovey, straight from the heart. Hopefully the right eyes will read it.....

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

11 posted 2001-02-22 07:12 PM

Thanks Denise. The help is out there if they'll get it. Too many are in fear.

Thanks Mom!

Thank you Voiceless, it is sad.

Deer thanks! Great compliment coming from you. I too hope the right eyes see it.

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

12 posted 2001-02-22 07:54 PM

"There is a deadness
an arctic set within
the features of your face"

Rebecca, very powerful writing in this important poem. Thanks for it.

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

13 posted 2001-02-22 07:57 PM

WhtDove - what an excellant writing about anger, and so true. One must live it though, I believe, to feel it.

BC

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

14 posted 2001-02-22 08:34 PM

Dove~ this is really powerful and well written, my friend.....very well written

SEA

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

15 posted 2001-02-23 09:19 AM

Thank you Claire for taking the time to read.

Bill unfortunately I have lived it.

Thank you Susan very much. ~Hugs~

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

16 posted 2001-03-08 10:14 PM

Angel, this is sad and very deep.

like it alot hon
great writing

Maree

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

17 posted 2001-03-13 10:10 AM

Thank you Angel. It is very sad, and for the millions who endure it as well.

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