tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69061311901628606352024-03-13T12:58:01.345-07:00Finally PhoenixFinallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-51507417372529959672012-01-03T12:00:00.001-08:002012-01-03T12:02:36.329-08:00THE HUNGER<span style="color: black;">When it’s over,</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">what remains is the hunger:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">a strange nostalgia,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">not for what was but</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">for what I was going to have…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">someday.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What to do </div><div class="MsoNormal">when even the price of </div><div class="MsoNormal">happily-ever-after is</div><div class="MsoNormal">tears, black bands of grief, and </div><div class="MsoNormal">the grave?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">End love before it ends?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Capture it like a photograph:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Confine it in frames</div><div class="MsoNormal">of fantasy and memory;</div><div class="MsoNormal">loss redeemed in protective coverings</div><div class="MsoNormal">stronger than wood and glass</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Place it before me,</div><div class="MsoNormal">never accessible but</div><div class="MsoNormal">always there</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">perfect</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">unchanging</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">forever?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">OpenLinkNight <a href="http://dversepoets.com/">http://dversepoets.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-6968620313396361972011-09-13T10:43:00.000-07:002011-09-13T12:01:14.335-07:00NIGHTafter the world fell down<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">it left a weighty weaving darkness</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">full of fury but no sound</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">so quiet</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">we could not hear our own voices</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">*I wrote this poem on September 11, 2011 to commemorate the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">OpenLinkNight <a href="http://dversepoets.com/">http://dversepoets.com/</a></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-13314006761292868892011-08-23T10:41:00.000-07:002011-08-25T14:59:44.889-07:00DISPATCH FROM A FUNERAL<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Death is an unnatural thing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is a soul mate </div><div class="MsoNormal">wrapped in a shroud of </div><div class="MsoNormal">disquiet and tears.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is a fickle friend</div><div class="MsoNormal">who chastens life with non existence while declaring,</div><div class="MsoNormal">“You are my best and most enduring part.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">-OpenLinkNight <a href="http://dversepoets.com/">http://dversepoets.com/</a></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-1396972533706910492011-07-26T12:06:00.000-07:002011-07-26T12:06:03.769-07:00INTERVENTION<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">I am an heir to a jagged edged apprehension:</div><div class="MsoNormal">no one and no thing will claim me </div><div class="MsoNormal">and, </div><div class="MsoNormal">by claiming,</div><div class="MsoNormal">teach me to claim myself.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I race toward the grave</div><div class="MsoNormal">mainlining self-doubt,</div><div class="MsoNormal">snorting regret,</div><div class="MsoNormal">confusing mere stimulation for feeling and </div><div class="MsoNormal">pulse for life;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My repreve comes in</div><div class="MsoNormal">the echo of a soul writ large,</div><div class="MsoNormal">a voice laced with crystal sugar and</div><div class="MsoNormal">dichotomy;</div><div class="MsoNormal">singing of joyful misery without the </div><div class="MsoNormal">oft obligatory shame.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is a voice that </div><div class="MsoNormal">repeats a vow I had only heard before </div><div class="MsoNormal">in dreams;</div><div class="MsoNormal">a promise</div><div class="MsoNormal">to cry my tears when I can't.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Written in tribute to Amy Winehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to express what her music has meant to me. Artists have the power to transform the consciousness of others, but they can pay a heavy price for that power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope that Amy has the peace in death that she could not find in life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">-For OpenLinkNight at http://dversepoets.com/</span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-89275783610621902392011-07-12T13:54:00.001-07:002011-07-12T13:54:49.330-07:00YOUTH<div class="MsoNormal">You are my gift…I am your affliction.</div><div class="MsoNormal">You help me claim the parts of myself that I fear most.</div><div class="MsoNormal">With you, I can endure and build my life anew.</div><div class="MsoNormal">But</div><div class="MsoNormal">My survival constantly compels your destruction.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yet</div><div class="MsoNormal">You live.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” at <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-39031014276286279532011-07-05T14:20:00.000-07:002011-07-05T14:20:03.879-07:00DILEMMA<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">You made a choice which allowed you to keep</div><div class="MsoNormal">the world you knew.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The world beyond was a child’s fantasy- </div><div class="MsoNormal">to you</div><div class="MsoNormal">even in its very real appeal.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">You chose what you valued, but</div><div class="MsoNormal">to your surprise</div><div class="MsoNormal">that fact did not make what you got a treasure.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Once, you only needed your prize for love.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, you need it to make up for all </div><div class="MsoNormal">you believe you have lost.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Instead of a victor</div><div class="MsoNormal">you feel like a human sacrifice to ideology </div><div class="MsoNormal">to a wish of the mind that destroyed hope and</div><div class="MsoNormal">faith.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And what of your discarded love?</div><div class="MsoNormal">Like a prodigal</div><div class="MsoNormal">you now see it as the gem it could</div><div class="MsoNormal">never have been before.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But is this impulse Truth, or </div><div class="MsoNormal">is it the desire of an ego to keep itself safe and fed?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Regret makes us bolder, but</div><div class="MsoNormal">it does not always make us wise.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Which option should you have chosen?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What price could you afford to pay?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” at <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-34850160434075616352011-06-21T18:03:00.000-07:002011-06-21T18:06:34.564-07:00TOGETHER<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Tag, you’re it,” I said</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">dramatizing my own feelings</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">unwilling to see the you that lay </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">beyond my hopes and intentions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I double dared you to confirm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">what I had come to believe:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">you would be just another memory-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">possibly-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">another regret.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">My problem was not confusion</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">but the weight of my truth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You were the brave one</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">who said, “If we love, let’s love!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">You gave me </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">a new beginning</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">that has the taste</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">of the purest childhood.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">Together</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">we go </span><span style="color: #010101; font-size: small;">to another country where</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">we can pretend</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">what we pretend to be</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">we are.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this place</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">you are water </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am sand.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” at <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-17312480262406852112011-06-05T20:31:00.001-07:002011-06-05T20:31:39.652-07:00DEATH<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">In my yearning for solitude,</div><div class="MsoNormal">I missed The Epiphany of </div><div class="MsoNormal">Sensation.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alone, I found surety</div><div class="MsoNormal">but discovered that</div><div class="MsoNormal">it admits</div><div class="MsoNormal">no wonder.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What remained for me was </div><div class="MsoNormal">A Thought </div><div class="MsoNormal">and, occasionally…</div><div class="MsoNormal">A Dream.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">When we suffer enough, we learn.</span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-41274454667216509942011-05-25T14:25:00.000-07:002011-05-25T14:25:37.572-07:00FOREVER<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">I wanted to distill </div><div class="MsoNormal">the essence of the world and</div><div class="MsoNormal">contain it in a bottle so</div><div class="MsoNormal">the sweetness, </div><div class="MsoNormal">that fades upon possession,</div><div class="MsoNormal">would never leave me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I picked and chose</div><div class="MsoNormal">bits I deemed important and</div><div class="MsoNormal">threw away the rest.</div><div class="MsoNormal">What I didn’t know is that</div><div class="MsoNormal">the rest gives the bit its meaning.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, </div><div class="MsoNormal">this knowledge</div><div class="MsoNormal">springs from my being like </div><div class="MsoNormal">a shoot from a plant.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I realize that</div><div class="MsoNormal">forever requires </div><div class="MsoNormal">a gentle embrace.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” at <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-2594417074419388852011-05-18T11:22:00.000-07:002011-05-18T11:22:01.385-07:00HEARTS: PART TWOMy heart is <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a jewelry box-</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a place where I keep </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the odds and ends of </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">my existence.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My treasures fill the box to</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">overflowing, and</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">some adorn better than others.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I can discard none.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Each is a necessity,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">a site of memory</div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">recalling me to myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></span></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-4402816326712512852011-05-10T16:53:00.000-07:002011-05-10T16:53:53.779-07:00HEARTS: PART ONE<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Your heart </div><div class="MsoNormal">has many compartments, </div><div class="MsoNormal">like those of a train.</div><div class="MsoNormal">They stretch through time.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Their contents,</div><div class="MsoNormal">your passengers,</div><div class="MsoNormal">never touch.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Their bond is</div><div class="MsoNormal">the containment that you provide</div><div class="MsoNormal">as you journey </div><div class="MsoNormal">from room to room</div><div class="MsoNormal">searching</div><div class="MsoNormal">in a look</div><div class="MsoNormal">in a smile</div><div class="MsoNormal">for that one</div><div class="MsoNormal">who reflects</div><div class="MsoNormal">the you that you want to be.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">-For “One Shot Wednesday” http://onestoppoetry.com/</span></div>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-40330587889087397942011-05-03T13:59:00.000-07:002011-05-03T13:59:57.757-07:00IN THE BOX<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">"They messed up his mouth." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Momma scolds the funeral home, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">under her breath,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">as her hand tentatively hovers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">over your closed face.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Now, your lips are thin smudges</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">that barely cover the teeth.<br />
Your lips were full once.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I remember. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I used to watch them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">As a child,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I watched </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">as they told stories, jokes, and dreams </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">while we all sat at the kitchen table.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The words that came then were</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">more restful than sleep</span>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I watched too</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">to distract myself from </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the ungodly fear that I felt</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">when their pursing gave way to </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the clench of your fists.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">II.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">You are so small,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">like a child </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">wearing his father’s suit,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">as you lie there </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">in the box.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Ten years before,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the suit fit you well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I remember.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">You sat at your desk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">counting the days take,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">pausing at intervals to</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">wet your finger with your tongue</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">to make the job easier.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">With head down and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">eyes focused intently </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">on your task,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">you asked if I would be coming home </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">for the holidays.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I made some excuse,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">a hollow one, that </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">made it obvious that</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">you would not be seeing me </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">that year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Just for a moment,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">you looked up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The expression on your face was</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the same one you wore</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the night that </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Momma fell.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I was shocked and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">glad.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">III.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">To my surprise,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the box holds more than</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">a once was, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">hastily bound together with</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">paper, wire, and glue.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">All of your wounds</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">have risen to the surface.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I stand,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I look, and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I can't help but wonder:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Which ones did I inflict?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">While in the desert, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I stumbled into a mine shaft.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Even in its depleted state,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I found hidden riches…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Once I survived the fall.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">In this place of Death and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Wait,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Sight is not given but</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Created.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">While in the desert, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I stumbled into a mine shaft.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">In this gaping tomb,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I found a chance to go forward and a</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Way back home.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">-For One Shot Wednesday <a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/">http://onestoppoetry.com/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Two news pieces inspired this poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was the story of a miner who fell into a Nevada mine and died there after many failed attempts to save him. The other was a report about how scientists study mines for clues about the earth’s beginnings and life on other planets.</div>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-77187267187783723392011-04-10T22:57:00.001-07:002011-04-10T23:18:59.284-07:00THE BOTTOM<div class="MsoNormal">We waited together, but</div><div class="MsoNormal">She got there first.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I saw her, as I walked up to</div><div class="MsoNormal">The bus stop.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She was small and frail in </div><div class="MsoNormal">Her tight blue tank top and </div><div class="MsoNormal">Way too big khaki pants. </div><div class="MsoNormal">She looked like an ancient child</div><div class="MsoNormal">With her sunken face and </div><div class="MsoNormal">Concave chest that trembled with each puff of her cigarette.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“We just missed one,” she said as I sat down.</div><div class="MsoNormal">“That bitch saw me, but she just kept on going.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As she talked, her hair,</div><div class="MsoNormal">As red as her thin cracked lips, </div><div class="MsoNormal">Waved in the breeze like the weather beaten flag of </div><div class="MsoNormal">A nation that has been long forgotten.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She muttered more curses, but I didn’t hear them.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was looking at the dark pink scar above her chest.</div><div class="MsoNormal">She caught me staring.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Touching the scar, she moves closer to me. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Her toothless grin reveals a darkness </div><div class="MsoNormal">Like a deep well that’s </div><div class="MsoNormal">Been waiting to reveal its secrets.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The thin low tank top did not hide it:</div><div class="MsoNormal">The memory of seared skin that bubbles, </div><div class="MsoNormal">Then crusts and finally smooths out.</div><div class="MsoNormal">What remained had the appearance </div><div class="MsoNormal">Of often used candle wax.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“That’s my ‘bottom,’” she said as she fingered the scar.</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Your bottom?”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Yeah, he come for it, but I wouldn’t give it up.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“What?”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“My last 10 dollars. I needed my ‘rock.’”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Your rock?”</div><div class="MsoNormal">She saw the confused look of the uninitiated on my face.</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Meth.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Weren’t you scared?” I said.</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Yeah, but I needed it.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She went silent and looked down at her feet</div><div class="MsoNormal">As if she was admiring her white high heeled shoes </div><div class="MsoNormal">With yellow at the tips that covered her toes, </div><div class="MsoNormal">A yellow with the hue and curve of a small just ripened banana.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Still looking down, she said as if talking to herself, </div><div class="MsoNormal">“I cried later when I got straight.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I almost died for 10 bucks.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I quit after that. Been sober for nearly a year.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She turned away from me and </div><div class="MsoNormal">Took another drag of her cigarette.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then, she used a free finger to dab a piece of debris off of her tongue.</div><div class="MsoNormal">She examined her find with great interest, </div><div class="MsoNormal">Totally oblivious to any thing around her.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I saw our bus off in the distance.</span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-90280596257515298992011-04-10T21:20:00.000-07:002011-04-26T20:25:17.661-07:00WHEN ETERNITY COMESWhen eternity comes,<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">We will stop protecting ourselves </div><div class="MsoNormal">From our feelings </div><div class="MsoNormal">With words that confound like</div><div class="MsoNormal">An outstretched hand that,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alternatingly, pulls close and pushes away. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When eternity comes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">We will embrace truth and refuse to utter</div><div class="MsoNormal">The niceties that feel </div><div class="MsoNormal">like the kiss of a reluctant lover; </div><div class="MsoNormal">a pout planted flatly on the lips.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When eternity comes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">We will reject shallow beauty</div><div class="MsoNormal">And embrace the </div><div class="MsoNormal">Penetrating wit</div><div class="MsoNormal">That is our birthright.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">When eternity comes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">We will leave the banality of this life</div><div class="MsoNormal">To those who fear the fall.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When eternity comes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">We will, finally, give ourselves over to</div><div class="MsoNormal">Flesh that does not obey.</div>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-24888095336212339992011-04-10T20:38:00.001-07:002011-04-10T20:38:49.929-07:00REGRET<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The cry is not heard.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The grief can no longer be consoled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The knowledge comes too late.</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What we took for second best was, actually, first. </span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-66140847291324869412011-04-08T09:22:00.001-07:002011-04-08T09:22:22.672-07:00THE END OF THE AFFAIR<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Your eyes-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">speak recognition,</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">mine…loss.</span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-63576824498449361892011-04-08T09:14:00.001-07:002011-04-08T09:14:51.315-07:00LOVE<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Love,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Without self-consciousness</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Gives of its self,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Expects nothing, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Lures everything, and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Has no rival.</span></div>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-86065745127043866192011-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:002011-04-08T08:53:58.429-07:00LOSS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I try to touch,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I can't.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">There is nothing to embrace,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">except, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the forgetting</span>.</div><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906131190162860635.post-58558304894914394042011-04-07T17:25:00.000-07:002011-04-08T12:37:10.821-07:00THE TWO<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Inevitably,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">we wake to </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">an inscrutable restlessness</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">feeling our mutual masochism:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">the perfunctory invasions</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">the passive depletions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
Presently,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">we are united only in our regret for</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">what has been lost and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">resentment of </span>the instinctual and</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">inherent pull.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
Fearfully,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">we persist, because </span></div><span style="color: black;">we know</span> that partings do not <br />
always lead to better things.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">Silently,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">we endure until</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">the fear of paralysis becomes greater than</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">the fear of the unknown.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">Finally,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;">we part, but</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">the taste of the old love lingers</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">in our memories</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">forever</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">like the tastes on the tongue: </div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">bitter, sour, salty, and sweet.</span>Finallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146706279288964026noreply@blogger.com0