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Open Poetry #15

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arthur
Senior Member

since 2001-08-14

Posts 678
england

0 posted 2001-09-04 06:57 PM

this poem has been in critical where it has ( perhaps justifiably) been ignored .Only dear echantress has given it a look .So perhaps here::?

STRESS

Do not shout or i will break
In little pieces on the floor
Peace , for my own hearts sake
Or let me be no more

I can feel the trembling
Running across my brow
Let me cease dissembling
Destroy me now

My hands shake
Could I but sleep
For ever and ever awake
O, let me sleep

Let me cease to be
Give me peace
let my eyes no longer see
Give me peace

arthur

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2001-09-04 07:05 PM

I most definitely do like this one Arthur, and can feel the depths of your dispair. Well done indeed.

~Time has cast a spell on you
so you won't ever forget me~

[This message has been edited by Enchantress (edited 09-04-2001).]

The Rusty Knight
Member

since 2001-08-29

Posts 414
Texas

2 posted 2001-09-04 07:27 PM

Arthur,

Comments on poems about dispair seem to be harder to come by than others...you captured it well.

Give me peace
let my eyes no longer see
Give me peace
I like this part...

Death comes not when we cease to breathe, but when we cease to dream.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2001-09-04 07:33 PM

Arthur - I would never shout, but only whisper. Well done.

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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