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hurting are broken butterfly wings
a dying flower
rotten teeth going hungry
even sunlight bothers
or rain's gentle showers struggle

uphill feels better

cold wind
frozen white death
buried just short of a care
where dreams do not bring pleasant

watched the butterfly no could fly
tasted the beauty of water
drowned down bottoms dark depth
a well brought up out of hand
all is fast asleep not so long ago

where flying upside down mountains
& high stars go away fast
but the clown's carnival runs slower
for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."

Chief Joseph - Nez Perce

Comments

  • whispering handswhispering hands Posts: 13,527
    I love how you paint pictures with your words.. Years later, people will read this and weep with the beauty of it.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    hey there. thanks. i don't know about all that though
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Kelly4peaceKelly4peace Posts: 44
    words are sad chad ~ what happened
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    life is pain
    that's all i know
    inside aches like a broken sea storm
    ?you know the feeling
    the screaming vibrations from somewhere deep & far off
    yet as close as your own thoughts & flesh, the hairs on it

    just calm would be for please
    been busted up
    busted down
    rolled quick, a lot of stones have fallen from the wall sat on

    here decent shut eye lacks
    night has no breeze
    the world stale like no feeling has sprung up springtime
    those are my bones & deep muscles tight as boulder fields
    hard as bad dreams caught by surprise

    love is alive (& doing well)
    i though am not

    the look of the vulture is slow
    starved... half crazed
    a sweaty mess dying roadside
    you know... flies & maggots goin to town early & fast
    at least that's the sun's version of the baking ripe stench
    it is death
    it is often
    it is all ours
    special & personal

    to get there it rains
    it shines
    it is a dull rollercoaster
    a dim lit lake fogged over
    as still & as slow as grandma's old hands when not knitting

    holding it all in... a powercord lasso
    so heads are beat on that crumbing wall
    blood is blood red
    bumps are black & blue
    hearts go on the tilt
    it's out of hand
    out of luck & out of time

    time has not forgotten
    every timepiece ever looked upon had pain
    shadows under the sun... they hurt too
    they quit runnin down deer
    & so (once upon a time)

    it's not beautiful below








    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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