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ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

0 posted 2002-02-16 12:38 PM

~ ~ Unbearable Ache ~ ~

O, but the ache is unbearable
for joy, for love, what man must endure
to consume all goodly nourishment in the name of need
to take bravely the pike as its thrust deep
into the yieldly pink flesh that is so mortal
that insulation we take for granted when all is well
that coverlet that bruises and scars at other's will
there are no medicines
for this melancholy
no sleep without a resolution
no peace without an answering reply to the agony
daily I live with this familiarity of awareness
shall I turn my head and ignore what I know is true?
but I cannot - the suffering is intolerable
it shouts afoul with infliction of every nerve in my body

and if I don't get to a Dentist soon
I will surely SCREAM!

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

1 posted 2002-02-16 12:48 PM

*giggling* oh yes...get me all emotional and then make me laugh....you are just too much...this poem is fantastic...I love it..**big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-02-16 12:55 PM

(giggles in delight) Oooohhhhh...I know just how you feel, sweet friend, you are never alone! (big hugggssssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is a cute and delightful poem! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

3 posted 2002-02-16 02:38 PM

You goober! This is tooooo funny...pull us in with that drama then pull the rug out! Geez! *LOL*

RosePetal

Member Elite

since 2001-08-26

Posts 2985
South Florida

4 posted 2002-02-16 02:58 PM

oohh nice ending! you better get to that dentist!!!

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2002-02-16 03:57 PM

ShadowRider - ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, and ouch. The dentist you go my friend...

BC

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

6 posted 2002-02-16 04:10 PM

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the emotion in this one, SR....it is so beautifully written and filled with so much pain that it leaps from between the words.
I especially loved the surprise ending!

Now go and get thyself to a dentist...fast!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

7 posted 2002-02-16 04:24 PM

ShadowRider.
this touched a nerve all the way through and then it was as if I had been given Nitros Oxide. Good , clever write.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Wanda
Member

since 2001-10-23

Posts 461

8 posted 2002-02-16 04:25 PM

Oooooh, the agony of this poem. :-) You certainly know how to end a poem. I am still chuckling. Wanda

P.S. I do hope you have seen a dentist.

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