From Pain to Pleasure...once again

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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2001-08-31 02:59 PM

From Pain to Pleasure

The pain that rises in my chest is so intense
from a heart beating too fast in anticipation
anxiety building a wall of denial
never wanting to believe, never wanting to know
that what was in total, is now but shredded pieces
no longer a puzzle to be salvaged, but worn and jagged
not fit to come together, as a whole again.

The pain that reigns upon and tears my body so,
is mysting the dreams of yesterday,
blending a drink of todays and tomorrows,
clouding, fogging the present,
hoping a gentle hand will come, to walk me through the haze
that obscures, shrouds me in such a puzzling way,
that I carry this burden heavily on my heart.

The pain that catches my breath, comes from thoughts
standing in my shadow, pressing
following my every movement,
listening to the silence that surrounds me...
the vibrations, a softness heard
a whispering, that rocks me to sleep each night
and kisses me awake each morning.

The pain seen through eyes that are glossed by tears
is seeking truth, a ray of light, of hope, to guide the way
a glimmer of softened candlight, to warm the cold
to dry the flow each night, when dark settles in
to drift into a time when all hurt shall cease...
and knowledge shall replace the pain
with pleasure once again.

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

1 posted 2001-08-31 03:59 PM

good job!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-08-31 04:37 PM

Like your poem Wynter...James

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

3 posted 2001-09-01 04:18 PM

OH boy, do I ever understand this. It seems like there is nothing left of you to hurt-or feel happy. Then soomething else happens. Carry on my friend..
Sandra

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

4 posted 2001-09-01 05:18 PM

Dense with emotions experienced and questions contemplated... this poem puts one straight into such mind-set and triggers empathy from those who've been there and sympathy from those who can imagine what it must be like -- not a pleasant realm, but seemingly a necessary one to advance -- perhaps simply "growing pains of the heart"...

-MVS

"It's all in the details -- the Big Picture always takes care of itself."
-MVS

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