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Open Poetry #22

Crystal Gem Refractions

D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-09-12 02:07 PM

Frustrated tormented thoughts
Words swirling debris
Mind grabbing lottery
No apparent winner

Built up expectations
Dismal results
Pond full of plastic ducks
Billions of combinations

Sea sick ways
Indigested free verse
Upsetting pink coating
Potpourri indigestion

Tropical isle contemplation
Soothing serene breezes
Laid back approach
Unhindered commitments

Blank stares on an empty horizon
Hypnotic trance, escaping realism
Foghorn maze in clear skies
A void ever so empty

A crystal so pure
A gem within itself
Pure reflected energy
In every direction

Rainbow refractions
Celestial positioning
Obliquely unique medium
Distorting views through a medium

Warming glow of self assurance
The adhesion of brilliance
The coming together of thoughts
In sparkling self assertion

In free flight the butterfly dances
Set free of the cocoon’s limitations
Looking for the nectar of survival
In all the beauty of nature blossoming

In a brief flight of fancy
It is enraptured by the crystal cocoon
Encapsulated by the memory
Of every being, living dreams

The gem has been implanted
Surgically self altered alliance
Beating in a fragile envelope of purpose
Distorting words for a true purpose

Thought: Frustration, it is poets greatest enemy which drives them either bonkers or into temporary insanity.

D.Lester Young 9/12/2002
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

EarthenSoul
Member

since 2002-05-30

Posts 163
WA, USA

1 posted 2002-09-12 02:30 PM

Frustration for a writer can be his unravelling or it can be his break-through.
Remember that there is a very fine line 'tween madness and genius.

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

2 posted 2002-09-12 02:35 PM

Wonderfully written

Cold hands means a warm heart

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2002-09-12 08:40 PM

"...warming glow of self-assurance"---that is a very nice place to be--it's such a shame that that place cools and dims at times with self-doubts.

Earth Angel

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