Open Poetry #35 |
i can't be the strong one |
Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
sometimes i just can't be the strong one the one to carry the weight upon fragile shoulders with a killer smile and so i slip away (not always quietly) into a remote corner unable to face the day much less... the night and that's when the rain falls anyway, upon softened cheeks glistening damn all the dams! and the damns that bottle themselves up the spillway gives it all up eventually and the rushing waters cascade over everything nothing in the pathway is spared damn the dams and the damns let er go wherever she wants wherever she needs to to be free even if she no longer has any idea what she wishes to be free of |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"damn all the dams! and the damns that bottle themselves up" Well said, Kacy... This is the statement that makes this poem strong... The ending is haunting.... Sad poem, but I enjoyed reading it.... __________ice/ford ><> |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
damn the dams and the damns I believe you are inside my head today... I just wish I was understood M |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Midnitesun You caught some of that midnight sun in this one. Excellent |
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J.Samm Member
since 2004-01-12
Posts 415Iloilo City, Philippines |
even if she no longer has any idea what she wishes to be free of yes this happens...sometimes we run away wanting to be free...then we forget what we are running away from... well done |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Although few and far between, those moments of doubt sometimes seem overwhelming... but few, and far between... |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Ahhh the strong talking Kacy that we all know and love. Well done! Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
you guys are all a giant hug THANKS! |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
well said kacy. hugs |
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