War

[The Wanderer]

it's hard to smile,
to form a kiss
while others bleed
thru tattered lips

it's hard to be afraid
when others fear you

so hard to exhale
when the air you breathe
would snuff them out,
and set the day to night

it's not as easy to care,
as it is to turn away
or never look at all

you don't know me, and...
I don't know the half of it

listen as I tell your children
that I am thirsty
for the blood of their Mother


explanations...

I don't even understand

I need someone to blame
I'll throw a bomb in the air

wash my hands
of their tender filth
hands...
black + blue
make them clean
maybe your tears...
could cleanse...
or pull me under

so please don't cry,
when I am gone
as I have not cried at all
in the last few moments
or even said goodbye

 

[brettig]

Great, great poem...

it's not as easy to care,
as it is to turn away
or never look at all

so many truths distilled in this piece...

 

[The Wanderer]

thanks daniel, it's hard trying to except much of what's going on, I'm told I must, but I don't know...

anyway, hope things are well with you?

before I forget I should give Julie some of the credit for this, not that she'll read it but the conversation we had earlier pulled this out of me, which is good, because this is me just going for "honesty"

but thanks again for your words daniel, I greatly appreciate it

 

[zooropamanda]

so please don't cry,
when I am gone
as I have not cried at all
in the last few moments
or even said goodbye

 

[zooropamanda]

where are you?

 

[brettig]

Im goodish...got plenty of work to do...wouldnt mind getting the chance to chat with you again...perhaps in a week or so when im done with university for the year- yep its flown by. Thnx for asking

 

[BabyGrace]

it's hard to be afraid
when others fear you

so hard to exhale
when the air you breathe
would snuff them out,
and set the day to night

it's not as easy to care,
as it is to turn away
or never look at all

you don't know me, and...
I don't know the half of it

you are one of the few poets whose writing I can completely feel and connect with

thanks so much for your words


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but for the grace of love I'd will the meaning of heaven from above...

 

[scatteroflight]

Originally posted by The Wanderer:

so please don't cry,
when I am gone
as I have not cried at all
in the last few moments
or even said goodbye

this makes me cold and still inside...



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The soul needs beauty for a soulmate

 

[The Wanderer]

thank you all for your comments, this was a painful thing to write...

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For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart---
It really goes.

And there is a charge, a very large charge
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood

-Sylvia Plath

 

[ladywithspinninghead]

Well, it only took me three weeks Craig, but I did read it in the end!

I think it's great (like usual) but I hope to hear where you're at on the issue one of these days (recent events may easily sway one the other way, eh?)

a + tard mon ami!

 

[The Wanderer]

don't know, I waver, seems optimistic at the moment, but who knows...