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AGE:
47
LOC: Rutland, VT
GEN: Female
LAST LOGIN: September 28
LOC: Rutland, VT
GEN: Female
LAST LOGIN: September 28
The first creative piece I wrote came to me in a dream at 13. There have been times when I have written ravenously, pulled into that trance-like state for long periods. There are also times I am paralyzed by some inner fear and wordless for years. 10 years ago I was writing and publishing then suddenly stopped. Recently, I’ve been reviewing my life and goals. In doing so, I’ve realized how I miss this part of who I am.
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Your side, my side, what's the point? Point of view, of course! You say black, I say white, battle of wills in force. You're right, Im wrong. You're wrong, I'm right. But who's to really say? What's real? What's not? What should? What ought? And what about the gray? You hear my mind, I hear yours, but neither will agree. Fight for fight and battles sake, no winner will there be. You give some and so will I. A compromise we'll find. The war is won and progress starts with the power of an open ...
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Silent cries in the night screams of quiet teardrops fall pain unspoken in the light in darkness will come to call. Little bodies touched with hate bruises you will never find dark silhouettes that penetrate engrave images in their minds. Eyes that whisper hurt and pain lips that won't speak a word of the secret and the shame deafening rage that can't be heard.
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Strangers I never really thought much about Angela until she left. I wore her love like an old pair of shoes, with comfort and indifference. The letter I found on the kitchen table wasn't written by the woman I knew. A stranger had composed it in a language I couldn't understand. "Drifting apart", "not the same people we once were", fragmented thoughts with no difinitive interpretation. I take the faded pages from my wallet occasionally and remember the begining of the end. My reaction was t...
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Many of the lines in this poem bring me to that "place" somewhere between a dream and what once was. "Willing myself back into the night" is an extremely strong line, universal I think, to all of us who have fought to stay in that "place". "The almost touch" is also a wonderful line describing how "real" a dream can feel. The poem is sensual in more than one way, by both making you feel you are there and feeling the memory as well.
I like the way you used insignificant items "a stray hair" ... to represent "him". It is these small things that stir memories and emotion, in life, and in your poem. This piece read like lyrics to a song. I also liked the fact that the last line of each stanza did not rythme like the rest. This made it stand out, or should I say, made "You" stand out. Overall Ireally thought it was well written.
Agree. You can not retire from something that is natural as breathing without dying, this is not to say, you may not take a very long sabatical from time to time, but never really retire.
The format of your words grabbed my attention. I especially liked " walking next to me in full daylight". Unmasked and open. An ephinany revealed.
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