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Losing My Religion
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Losing My Religion |
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Ice_Queen Junior Member
since 2002-12-04
Posts 29Delaware, USA |
He kissed me with lips of rosary that purified those fears held secret and captive that I would not I could not set free He touched me with a burning finger writing the future as he saw fit across my beading flesh be damned if I was not his after his will was carved into my soul He drips of power and compassion and the fear of God grips me Help me, Father, for I am having impure thoughts. Help me, cause I'm about to sin, and worship him for the rest of my existence He rips down the walls of reason the only thing that has kept me sane with the wrath of pocession. All Hell's soldiers shudder and run. I am left shivering, huddled in a quivering ball of wreckage. He sifts through my mind, crushing the largest parts of me under a mighty fist of velvet lace. Soft and sweet, holding me still as he worsens the curse. He chides me like an innocent. A ruler who hates his crown, Bringing me back from Armageddon to start over Clean up the mess one of us made. He swims in my babbling, Inhaling and filtering out his life sustaining breathe in the millisecond pauses in between each word. I live between the words He sings in magnificent glory and I am reduced to hypnosis melting, bending, liquifying beneath the power of his heart I am lost. I am found. |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
One of those poems where as I read each verse, it became my favorite part. Perfect title. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Powerful words raph [This message has been edited by Aenimal (12-07-2002 05:36 PM).] |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
perfectly penned and chilling to the end. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Obsession in scrawled definition. Enjoyed |
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GOlDsparklESS Member
since 2001-12-13
Posts 428central nj |
indeed. |
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Elimeno P Junior Member
since 2002-12-06
Posts 17The only place I want to be! |
Um, this is scarey. Well-written & emotion tugging. Brrrr! EP |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
Ah yes, have attended service in this church a few times--excellent!! "And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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Ice_Queen Junior Member
since 2002-12-04
Posts 29Delaware, USA |
Scary? Really? A Love that's bigger than God... Ok, maybe just alittle bit [This message has been edited by Ice_Queen (12-08-2002 12:48 PM).] |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Interesting possibilities between the visuals... -MVS "AS ABOVE SO BELOW" |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
A little chilling, but captivating... very well-written poem. Thanks for sharing your work.  "Love makes the world go around" |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
That was scary. I mean serously. I am not a fan of religious poems, but that gave me the chills. Never be normal! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Ice_Queen "I am lost. I am found." Quite profound, enjoyed |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
"he drips of power and compassion"....well, I know this really well. |
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