I write the words (because I must)

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Open Poetry #36

I write the words (because I must)

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-09-21 04:23 AM

No matter weather foul or fair
I stand a woman born anew
from the start of loving you
and that time now lost to touch
still like a halo round my head
until perhaps I’m dead.

But soul defies the will to die
and there one day I’ll stand again
a spirit woman amongst men
waiting to be born anew
into the growth a human needs
to clearly say, “This is me”.

Now I whisper, sigh, your name,
beyond the realm of worldly sound
like a girl a second time around
writes a crush of teenage yearn
in a diary locked with padlock, key,
and hidden in a drawer of feel.

Till death and then a woman lost
in unfulfilled earthly desires
like a pull and urge to leave the light
and this a sentence hard to bear
for the feel and say of, “I love you”
no crime in my most humble view.

And you, my love, the jury, judge
to lay the axe upon my head
and place me in a coffin dead
amongst the rest of humankind
and oh, the cold dark smothered feel
parts my lips in ardent plea.

I write the words you’ll never hear
because prophets always know
soul on earth is like a mole
and moles stay hidden deep
for give or take a million years
before they conquer fear!

Helen / 21 September 2005

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-09-21 08:17 AM

This feels "old world"...
and I like it, Helen.

Thank you!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2005-09-21 09:28 AM

Your words are those of a strong and tall woman who not only survives, but is born anew ...

Very powerful and incisive write.

Love,
Margherita

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

3 posted 2005-09-21 11:55 AM

This is surperb

Bodger

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2005-09-21 01:32 PM

Thanks Sunshine, Margherita, and Bodger! I guess "she" lived a long time ago because, yes, it is old world. Perhaps it's called preserving the language.

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