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Open Poetry #22

Tethered Kingdom

D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-08-21 10:36 PM

Awake child
Feel the pain of living
Feel the angry voices crying
In the winds echoes
Of baby whispers praying

Years of daylight has worn thin
Residing in daydreams of abuse
The goals of youthful play
Having slipped into a quagmire
Solidifying in the promises of fools gold

A light so far back in your mind
Can not be diminished in drowned tears
Thunderstorms grow weak fighting it
Hailstones as big as baseballs
Melt as if butter
It flickers so special as to trigger a sigh

The closer you seek it, the farther away it gets
The more you move away, the closer it gets
Ignore it and it becomes brighter
Acknowledge it and it fades into memories
Yet in the worst of times it sunburns you
Sending you into the darkness of contemplation

My world is like gravity, the higher I get
The harder I fall, only to have to climb even higher
To see the light disappear faster
In such a reverse rotation
Fast forward will send your hopes flying
While other people’s doubts will weigh you down

So why must I fight it
For it is there for me to conquer
And when I finally reach it
My body will have failed me
But my soul will no longer be tethered
For I have just entered kingdom of eternal light

Thought: With all this gravity I am facing, I must have a purpose yet to fulfill but I sure am getting black and blue geting there.

D.Lester Young (08/21/02)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

[This message has been edited by D.Lester Young (08-21-2002 10:45 PM).]

GOlDsparklESS
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 428
central nj

1 posted 2002-08-22 12:11 PM

i believe levitation is possible. i hope that thought benefits you somehow. godspeed.

Krishankins

Senior Member

since 2002-06-23

Posts 972
Texas

2 posted 2002-08-22 10:15 AM

Wonder write!
I especially liked the line of " The goals of youthful play"
It reminded me of myself.
Great Job, D.Lester Young!!

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