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Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2003-05-19 12:57 PM

still, I am not as I should be

the rain and the gray of this day
are still lodged in the center of me
hampering my breath
                         and rasping my voice
not to mention the chill of this day, once warm
that wraps around my bones like a
                     threadbare blanket
                bringing no warmth to my heart

as always,
             my mind retreats inward
                     the only place left that is truly my own
inward, to the temple of my thought
        where my healing waits

then, I shall be as I am

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2003-05-19 01:11 PM

sounds like last week's weather to me, and except for today and tomorrow...we will be in the damp gray again.

I love to read you no matter where you post, Sven.

M

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2003-05-19 02:23 PM

still, I am not as I should be

the rain and the gray of this day
are still lodged in the center of me
hampering my breath
and rasping my voice

Love the opening of this one Sven... captures well how some days affect us and how our own inner hurts make us see the world and the day differently..

sea_of_okc
Senior Member

since 1999-06-15

Posts 568
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

3 posted 2003-05-19 02:53 PM

I feel you Sven, been there myself many times this past year. Most all your poems are noteworthy but this one really speaks to me. Thanks.

Local Parasite

Member Elite

since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

4 posted 2003-05-20 11:23 AM

Be as you are, not as you should be... I happen to like who you are.

It's nice to retreat inward like this when the weather goes sour, isn't it... but remember, once you're there, you should be able to peek back out and watch the weather. You can learn a lot from a cold day if you're willing to pay attention.

Lovely poetry from a powerful soul... well done.

Parasite

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2003-05-20 12:32 PM

M, thanks. . .it's always nice to be read. . .no matter where. . .

Ron, yes, you're right. . .I just need more Sunshine. . . and Moonlight. . . or, even better. . . both together. . .

sea, you're welcome. . .nice to have you back. . .

LP, thanks. . .I like who I am too, now, if only everyone else did. . .LOL

seriously though, I've been inside myself for too long now. . . it's time to come back out and play in the rain. . . thanks. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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