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Stoned Belonging
Contributed by
iodinelove
on
Thursday, 1st February 2007 @ 12:50:52 AM in AEST
Topic:
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I have five minutes before
I need to go to bed and the world
Is a mad place
A war vet spits in his own face
To forget
What he sees in the reflection
Of the black marble memorial
That spans the length of his sorrow
And writes the history of his hands
It is now five fifty eight pm on the
Following day and I am
Exhausted
Babbling
Stoned
About a war I never knew
Cutting corners
Hiding from the
Truth
There is new war
New deaths
New wives
Weeping or
Cheating or
Watching TV
There are wars better left unsaid
Unspoken of
Kicked down and buried
Wars that are not
In the eyes
Or the heart
Or the hand
They are sad forgettable wars
And the dead
They are forgotten
Misplaced
Left to high school text books
And cold stone memorials
Left to movies
Novels
And magazines
Everyday we see more dead
Everyday we raise our blinds
The world is a mess.
It is confusing and maddening
Almost sick
So I dream
I dream
I am a crumbling mountain
Or
A King fisher
Mute by a cage
Redeemed
Freed
Finally knowing
The feel of wind on my wings
Finally understanding
The warm sensation
Of sunlight
As the rain runs down
In Great fountains
Crystal and sheer
Or white like the
Voice of god
It is a new day, and I am alive
I breathe
I splatter the page
Of my shirt
With lies
I breathe
My heart rises
And falls with the
Shadows of sky
Today is the last day.
Copyright ©
iodinelove
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2007-02-01 00:50:52]
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Re: Stoned Belonging
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by Fionndruinne on
Thursday, 1st February 2007 @ 01:02:53 AM AEST
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Great images, as always. This one felt maybe a little less focused than some, but that's no real bad thing.
The war imagery is vivid. Well done.
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Re: Stoned Belonging
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by MickeyPigKnuckles on
Thursday, 1st February 2007 @ 10:14:51 AM AEST
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iodinelove, This is an awesome piece as we as poets must keep the emotions alive within our society so people keep thinking and trying to put a stop to the killing. I to am an avid writer of war and 9-11 and I applaud you for a job well done. Thank you so much for sharing both your talent and for giving us all a little of you.
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Re: Stoned Belonging
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by unknown_utopia on
Thursday, 1st February 2007 @ 09:09:33 PM AEST
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This is a awesome flow
excellent |
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Re: Stoned Belonging
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by yangdantien on
Monday, 5th February 2007 @ 03:39:58 PM AEST
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Very eclectic and twisty play of language. I like this and the mind behind it is enlightened. This piece is a kind of music to those who can hear it to stay inspired and dance with the muse like a tarantella to keep awake while the spidery poison of fear & ignorance is flushed out of the system by sweat and bittersweet embraces. That is what I got enjoying the rest of what I will continue to imagine quietly hereafter.
Bravo
Peace
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