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Kailashana
Kailashana
Jun 18, 2008 ⭐ See this poem's read count — a supporter feature

Watching Myself Write

...Time cuts itself
bleeds profusely . . .



Lately,
I've been
watching myself
write
something or another,

outside
the world
is doing its own thing
blooming
idiots and pink carnations
inside a glass slipper
threading a needle
chanting curses and lamentations
like a mantra to the dead

we all pray
to the ugly stepsisters of time
and so I write
this poem as if
I had nothing better to do.

I don't.



— Kailashana, Jun 18, 2008
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poewriter58

18 years 1 month ago

Short

sweet and to the point. However you have said so much in so few words. I'm not changing a word . Chrystalie
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Rolwright

18 years 1 month ago

Hello I'm Rolwright

Well Well Well I thought I was the only one who wrote cause I have nothing better to do.Guess we got something else in common huh?It's like just because I write when I have the time to do it,it dosen't mean I don't put my heart into it.Do you understand maybe not but I'd also like to thank you for the sounds of the whales.It was something that I've never heard but it also gave me a greater understanding of your poem.Keep doing what you do so well Peace and Love Rolwright

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