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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
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Showing posts with label blank verse. Show all posts

Thursday, December 29, 2011

This Child

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This child you love so much destroyed your life
One time you were a strong colt running free
but now you're broken and forever saddled
This child you hate so much has saved your life

More than enough of all you never needed
and grabbing for as much as you could get
A frenzied trip to everywhere and nowhere
Girl, will there be a next stop after here?

This child, this child, this child- it's all this child
Your life, your life, your life-where did it go?
The emptiness inside you isn't screaming
The hopelessness begins to settle in

This child you love so much destroyed your life
This child you hate so much has saved your life

Friday, May 13, 2011

Mirror, Mirror

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Mirror, mirror hanging on the wall
Help me to accept the girl I see
Black or white or tan, my skin must be
Protection from the evil words I hear.

Mirror, mirror I hold in my hand
Let me see the beauty that's inside
Guide me to embrace this body mine
And not believe in unreachable lies.

Mirror, mirror just behind my door
Is it a trick of light or trick of mind
That I can never see within myself
The grace I see in others all the time?

submitted for Thursday Think Tank, #48 Mirrors, at Poets United