For the Lack of a Better Word

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Open Poetry #26

For the Lack of a Better Word

davidmerriman
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since 2003-04-30

Posts 123
Dallas, TX

0 posted 2003-05-03 01:47 PM

this poem is about how i get sick of thinking, wondering when my next "great thought" will arrive, which in reality, recieves little important acclamation.

For the Lack of a Better Word

"David, David, oh prodigy,
Enlighten me with your taste!
Your grace with words embodies me,
That linguistic charm you embrace."

I am asked, "What inspiration
Guides your every whim, your being,
Seeing each word as a sensation
That's awarded from some God's dream?"

I sigh and reply, "No talent
That lies beneath my thickened skull
Labels me anything gallant;
Rather it makes my talent dull.

One can't be proud of his own gifts
That were bestowed upon one at birth,
For me, the plates do not shift,
Standing stiff, mighty, mighty Earth."

I am but a mortal, humble,
Unwilling to accept greatness
As I watch my papers crumble
No longer with my patroness.

How could I live if she does not?
My body aching and thirsting
For a waterfall of fresh thought
Now collecting, prime for bursting.

I'll give you thought, I'll give you more
Than a thousand words that all concur
With the notion that I abhor
All these writings, a dirty whore!

I'm sick of thinking, having lapping
Waves of thoughts beat against my brow.
Sick of cultivating, yapping
Ideas and thoughts that I hate now!

Me, no;- rather I am the dam
Made of restless steel, holding thoughts
That never existed, a sham
Giving worth to shadowy knots.

True;- I have no inspiration
In my scribbling lies, nothing.
Never received acclamation,
I cry inside, the tears rusting.

[This message has been edited by davidmerriman (05-03-2003 01:49 PM).]

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

1 posted 2003-05-03 02:09 PM

interesting thoughts and write

It matters not how you answer, It matters only that i hear you.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2003-05-03 02:22 PM

Much enjoyed...you give the reader much to think about.
Well done!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

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

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