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Secret Whisper Member
since 2001-01-25
Posts 298Through the Looking Glass |
I want to wake up tomorrow and be happy Asking too much? Maybe not so uncontrollably depressed That’s all I need Just one day One day where I can see the beauty Engulfing my world The beauty I have stared at in repugnant, unwavering disgust for so many years Today I rested on my cold front step Staring out across the frozen snowy field in front of me A very brisk, beautiful afternoon Warm for March Too cold from me The only warmth coming from the ray of sun Squeezing itself through the needled tree Falling across the thickness of my thigh My mind wandered to abstract places To the faces of people As cars rolled past in a hushed moan Splashing in the puddles of melting snow and ice A strange bird screamed out its soothsaying No bother to me Even the immaculately blue sky and smattering of high white clouds couldn’t reach me My mind chattered away with a thousand thoughts at once Thoughts that yielded nothing but acquiescent arguments with the boots on my feet Abstract thought Sounds of water droplets falling against icicles Dangling from the eves of my prison The cold concrete beneath me Enticed my mind to thoughts of sex Strangely (I never understood satisfied people Or atheists) My tongue deceived my soul As silent prayers slip out of my pursed lips Floated into the cold air Escorted by the sweetness of my breath They seemed to travel only as far As a broken tree branch Hanging there for years now I forget how it was maimed No matter to me Squeezing my eyes closed I felt the summer creeping in Not the summers of youth The carefree amazement Bugs being more valuable than life itself Now tedious responsibilities kill joy Money That murderous ******* Hopelessly my mind strained to grab hold Of the fibers woven in my memory Slipping between my scarred fingers With each exhalation I want to wake up tomorrow and be happy To see all the worlds pieces God created them for me I want to wake up And not hate them all! I want to wake up tomorrow… Maybe that is enough "Death marks the beginning, not the end. It is our journey to God." --Billy Graham |
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Dawn Eclipse Senior Member
since 2000-01-31
Posts 637The Horsehead Nebula |
Nice job Secret Whisper.. I hope you feel a more positive outlook on life soon, if it's not as positive as you want it. nice piece.  "Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other course, no other way... No day but today" ~Broadway Musical RENT~ *Cassandra Roseen* |
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Embers_Before_God Member
since 2001-03-06
Posts 101USA |
I often feel this way...not too much whining...there is hope, at least I think so...hope is only as far away as our lips allow it to be...thanks for sharing your work...Embers Dance with me under the moon. Touch my pale skin. Devour me. Love me. |
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Packratmike Senior Member
since 2001-02-25
Posts 632California, USA |
This is excellent. I read it over several times, savoring each well-placed descriptive word. Great writing. Packratmike |
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Midnight Dew Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 50Forest Lake, MN |
This was a truly a beautiful piece. Thank you so much for sharing it. I read it a whole bunch of times and liked it better each time. I sympathize with your plight and hope your world perks up before too long. Just try to think of the good things in your life as well. Talents, Events, Friends... Every once in a while it helps. I think so anyway. Anyway, thank you again for sharing something so beautiful. ~Caitlin Hull~ "The Holy Spirit makes up all our souls, and when it 'flexes' it makes us do great things." |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I have felt the funk of depression....but my inner soul soon kicks me up and out of it... sometimes it is easier for some than for others... but this, in this I see that you, too have that same little inner soul getting ready to kick you out of it.... it's written everywhere.... thank you for this! |
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