Excuse Me as I Find My Voice

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Open Poetry #19

Excuse Me as I Find My Voice

RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

0 posted 2002-04-05 05:37 PM

Inhaling now's air
dungeoned lungs long
hidden by fear;
     of offending,
     of examination,
     of failure,
gather to free a voice.

A waterwheel heart
churns the depths,
uplifts dripping
     desires,
     disenchantments,
     discordant notes,
draughts a rising voice.

As a geyser defying gravity
a funneled throat
long constricted;
     in angst,
     in anger
     throttled truth,
flues to vent voice.

A gate of porcelain teeth,
when clasped a warning,
in smile a shield,
     inhibits egress,
     impedes entry,
     implodes emotion,
unlocks an unheard voice.

An unflexed tongue
long caged a
dark delinquent;
     in stifled silence,
     in mumbled murk,
     a muffled muse
directs the wind in words.

"Happy people have no history" - French Proverb

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-04-05 05:47 PM

Where HAVE you been?...Welcome home...and thanks for this...waterwheels....great stuff!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2002-04-05 05:58 PM

RS

The voice is loud and clear.

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

3 posted 2002-04-05 06:29 PM

great images...really enjoyed your journey.....wow.......good to see you back

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-04-05 07:22 PM

WoW! You spoke loud and clear in this wonderful piece....missed you! Hugs.

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

5 posted 2002-04-05 07:42 PM

And peering eyes
finely focused
to magical screens
    squinting
    seeking
    smiling
find fresh writ verses

"As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it." Wendell Berry

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