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Open Poetry #15

The Price of a Meal

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2001-08-30 07:32 AM

Thin is in but she’s only skin and bones,
Wandering waif falls asleep on the stones,
Small for seventeen summers that had passed,
Weakly existing in the sewer where cast.

Principle and devotion feed the soul.

Beaten when refusing to make a deal,
Exchange herself for the price of a meal,
Standards maintained were slowly killing her,
Something within that still managed to stir.

Principle and devotion feed the soul.

Retreating to hide in alley’s darkness,
The shadows engulfed the tiny brightness,
The bliss of unconscious relieved her pain,
A drop that she might not exit again.

Gloom

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2001-08-30 08:42 AM

nicely told Gloom... stark but all too true a fact I fear with many in our world...

Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2001-08-30 03:00 PM

You are indeed in the depths of your name today, Sir...

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

3 posted 2001-08-30 03:05 PM

Shaking my head and agreeing with cpat.
This does exist in our world, you capture it well with perfect flow.

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

4 posted 2001-08-31 05:28 AM

Thank you, Cpat, Lady, & Gentle,
Reality is harsh, the unfortunate are many,
I am pleased you enjoy my words.

Gloom

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