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Open Poetry #39

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trutodaraiders
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0 posted 2006-12-11 10:53 AM

He cared not once, I always thought,
He loved with pain and hateful ways,
I lived not one score, before I sought
The rainless nights and sunny days.

I thought escape would end it all,
His death - my freedom won,
But, my mind was shackled with an evil pall,
His grasp still tight on his youngest son.

But, as I grew and loved those near,
His memory and me began to part,
My mind set free - no place for fear,
Now he is a memory locked deep in my heart.

I blamed myself for years, long past,
For violence bestowed on this young mind,
But innocence, then, was all I cast,
Now love and hope is all I find.

Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. "
Leon Cohen~

Sunshine

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1 posted 2006-12-11 11:25 AM

Growth, and time,
can be a wonderful blessing.

There's a lot of heart in this poem,
and I can imagine what it took
to write the truth.

trutodaraiders
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2 posted 2006-12-11 11:31 AM

Indeed Sunshine. Thank you for posting this poem.

trutodaraiders
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3 posted 2006-12-11 11:32 AM

lol thank you for replying to this poem. *grabs coffee* Half awake

Seymour Tabin
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4 posted 2006-12-11 11:51 AM

trutodaraiders
Good write, enjoyed the read.

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

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5 posted 2006-12-11 12:07 PM

I know this story very well...in your words, you have unveiled the ache in its ultimate prophecy. To be, who we were born to be.

Excellent write.
Merry Christmas.
TD

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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6 posted 2006-12-13 04:46 AM

I so miss my Dad... these words are heartfelt... RDB

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