Re-post Vagrant In The Dawn Celebrating 6 years of Freedom

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Re-post Vagrant In The Dawn Celebrating 6 years of Freedom

seraphin
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since 2000-09-24

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Michigan

0 posted 2006-10-23 08:36 PM

Vagrant In The Dawn

Weaving through the morning light,
a vagrant in the dawn,
the remnant of last nights dress,
is all that I have on.
Scraps of fabric draped like hands
cover my bared breast,
and though I try to remember
I don't know where the rest
of it has gone.
For I surely do not have it on.

I stop for a moment by a curb,
and sit tenderly on the ground.
I gather up my legs in my arms,
wrap them up all around.
And cradle the scratchy bruises,
with fingers banded in gold.
While perfectly painted pink nails,
caress the flesh gone cold.
For the story is not new,
it is rather old.

I reflect upon the perfection,
the totality of the pain.
That pours down upon me,
like ribbons of stinging rain,
that wash away the remaining traces,
of makeup on my face,
and rinse them down my cheeks,
to land upon a place,
not covered
in utter disgrace.

And I wonder how this came to be,
how I allowed myself to go on.
How I came to accept and to embrace,
something so clearly gone wrong.
Oblivious to the gasps and stares
of strangers that pass and look down,
upon my presence in the
morning light.
Just a vagrant left out in the dawn.

Martie

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1 posted 2006-10-23 09:01 PM

I have no words

passing shadows
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displaced

2 posted 2006-10-23 10:04 PM

wow

The Lady
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The Southwest

3 posted 2006-10-24 12:35 PM

I am speechless too

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

4 posted 2006-10-24 01:14 PM

What a powerful poem... what a great reflection of the writer's strength! *S*

Congratulations! *S*

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

5 posted 2006-10-25 11:32 PM

The lump in my throat is preventing me from expressing the depth of my emotion as I read your heart-breaking words.

Giving you an extra warm and loving hug,

Linda

Alwye

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In the space between moments

6 posted 2006-10-25 11:55 PM

Simply Incredible.

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