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Stung, The Cheek Once Turned
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Stung, The Cheek Once Turned |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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I struggle, my lips parched, my hands dry... My eyes filled with welling brine... For days I have sought a passage, a mere compose and I fail again... You were there...there beyond the moon of my night. And now I lean into the winds of silence, digging into the sands of shifting thoughts, hoping to find a treasure....as pebbles sift my hands and I cry into the howl of night, calling, ever calling... When you turned away, that chilled eve....why did you not just say, just bend gently into my ear and whisper again to me....that I might find that which escapes me.... I search, standing at the shore, the lap awakening my senses... a lantern’s light shines blindly... Calling again as silence smothers me into the darkness from whence I came. Hearing not the echo of your hello. Come, that I may turn the other cheek and feel the sting of you, that I may break the chain that binds me....and once again....be free. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
What an excellent post to enliven the circle here. Missed you Mag. TD |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wonderful Barry.... Happy New Year to you and yours. Hugs~ In the midst of winter.. |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Magnus, this is a true  and going directly into my library! hugs, Chris"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Magnus A hauntingly good write.. I am trying to figure out if it is a good thing for you to keep calling out in the dark for this person...It seems like you are needing to face, and turn your cheek to an enemy, perhaps you should leave what is, alone, or is it that you have made a bad mistake and need to take punishment for it in order to close the issue? Don't mind me, I just dig deep into poems and sometimes see things that are not in them....anyway, I enjoyed reading this poem, thanks for posting it. ________ice ><> |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Thanx Ice...the person is my muse. "She", if you will...has abandoned me for most of the past two weeks or so...perhaps more. Simply this....if she cannot produce and help me produce...then begone with her!! Female muses can be stubborn, fickle and so tempermental at times.... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
TD....I hope there never is a "No Vacancy" sign at PiP....I might be in trouble then. Out in the cold, shivering.... Tanx Kid! Nancy, thanx dear one, H.H. to yo too!! Hope your new year comes in nicely for ya! Chris, dear lady, you are always welcome to keep anything I write...always are. Thank You... You and I share a common malady... Muse On Vacation.... |
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SharaRose Member Elite
since 2003-07-19
Posts 2501Somewhere out there~ |
This was beautiful. Lovely one to read.  |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"You were there...there beyond the moon of my night. And now I lean into the winds of silence, digging into the sands of shifting thoughts, hoping to find a treasure....as pebbles sift my hands and I cry into the howl of night, calling, ever calling..." Was this the muse -- or you? If it was you, perhaps you need no muse! lol........jo |
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DaNi:H Junior Member
since 2003-12-27
Posts 21South Carolina, USA |
wow.. good poem and magnus thanks for telling my dad about this place. yeah, you work with my dad Dennis i know it's a joy... lol DaNi |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Barry...just a hug...okay? |
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harash Member
since 2003-12-27
Posts 99India |
what a fantastic write..Magnus |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Barry, you know that I always think your poetry is excellent...whatever it is you decide to write about.  Hugs,  "Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters." William Curry |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Magnus~ quote:LOL LOL LOL ... well, give her a medal for making you WORK for this one~  *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
Now Mag, I knew of what you spoke from the very first line of this one...as you know, my pen has been parched for quite some time. I finally had a decent breakthrough after admitting my "block" referred to as a "myth of mind" by my darling mentor without whom my bic wouldn't have clicked on that one either. As far as female muses, let me assure you, dear man, the male ones are just as mule-headed...and the non-gender variety, perhaps even worse. This is exceptional work, Barry...so near and dear to my heart. I must follow Enchantress and put this one in my library as well. Patricia |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
A non-gender muse? Hmmmmmm, perhaps a test run might be in order.... Thank you Patricia... |
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