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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2004-05-24 03:42 PM

You tear holes in the textile of night,
tossing off star-filled comforters,
turning up lights to mimic day.
We awaken to stomp and explode sounds.
The foot of my bed is disturbed by your weight;
the cat jumps off and hides.

In frustration’s voice,
you blame threads of songs,
choruses that churn on an inner turntable:
stuck, broken, they skip and repeat.
I see protoplasm building up and tearing down
in the maddening pace of a changing boy.

Morning: we dissect last night’s sleeplessness,
place the blame on sugar. I toss ammonia sheets
into the washer; of this we do not speak.

The thirteenth birthday cake is cut into tiny pieces.
Only your sister gets seconds, eaten over the sink
so you won’t cry in envy.

I worry your brain is mixed up like mine –
that hostile jungle drums beat in you
as they do in me. On those nights, I know,
the sky is bereft of moon and stars
and the devil is a tune.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-05-24 03:45 PM

I worry your brain is mixed up like mine –
that hostile jungle drums beat in you
as they do in me.

~*~

A mother knows.

Endlessecho
Member

since 2003-09-05

Posts 398
I live within myself

2 posted 2004-05-24 04:29 PM

Wow. This was so powerful. Well done.

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

3 posted 2004-05-24 04:56 PM

WOW Corinne..just...wow.

Into my library.

Maree

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2004-05-24 05:43 PM

Sounds like a very difficult situation to deal with, especially when it is passed on from one to another to have to endure all over again through another’s eyes; and whys.

God Bless.

JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

TerryW
Senior Member

since 2000-03-23

Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA

5 posted 2004-05-25 12:45 PM

Awesome! Very touching. Thanks, my friend!

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

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