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I bleed into creatures

I bleed into creatures
creations,
characters, representations
of myself
caught
in the light of sudden
awareness,
one I at-a-time,

and now and then
a flock of seagulls,
now a raven's call,
a heron's easy grace,
a Pink Star Asterioidean
butterfly koi,
an electric eel,

a moonlit decadent ballroom gown,
a cave drawing in Lascaux,
fossils in a tar pit,
Krishna's devoted Gopi,
a hungry street urchin,
a grieving grandmother
dressed in solemn black,

these seasons of myself
revolve
open doors
beyond
bone-laced curtains,
windows
of infinity,

I am seamless
and with no contradictions
left to bury
I raise myself from the dead,
merge
into the tender dawn of mercy,

distinct less,
pointless

a price above rubies.
— Kailashana, Aug 16, 2009

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Bosscombat

16 years 9 months ago

:)

i really like this hey kept my imagination afloat 5 from 5 and 2 thumbs up BossCombat
Seren

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Anna

You bleed your spirit into your poetry , even in the harsh writes bone bare there is a stark beauty, again you leave me gobsmacked but this time I made an effort to explain how affected I am by your writes, beautifully done as always ... Love Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

16 years 9 months ago

Anna

Great write i really enjoyed the naturalness of this ~~~~~~~~~ Be whoever you are At all times, and Remember that Because of this, people will Always Respect, and Admire you ©2008Leonard Respectfully Yours, Barbara
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Diatom Shells

16 years 9 months ago

now you've done it...

as my friend used to say, im thrown off my cowl and I am now wandering senseless in the streets among the urchins, searching desperately for a whiff of your perfume......-diatom shells
LD

leonard daranjo

16 years 9 months ago

AND YOU BLEED ..

That's right my dear friend ... you bleed and you breathe rich imagery into your poetry. That's not all - sometimes you can be stark and brutal with the truth. Ana, you are a poet of many hues, many moods and many colours. Absolutely enjoyed this one. It transported me to another realm. Leonard
doorman

doorman

16 years 9 months ago

Anna

Thanks for sharing this. I really fell for this one. Yours, Espen.
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sweetspirit

16 years 9 months ago

Anna

This is truly beautiful~ I enjoyed this verse in particular. I am seamless and with no contradictions left to bury I raise myself from the dead, merge into the tender dawn of mercy, Thanks so much for sharing part of yourself for the rest of us to enjoy. ~Jen~
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 9 months ago

Thank you all for your

Thank you all for your compassionate responses. I am honoured and humbled by *You*. There is nothing else but *I* and *Thou*... between these two points we create what is. May it be in awareness. May it be filled with love and light. Love to All, All to Love, ~Anna "If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is wound up in mine, then let us work together." Aboriginal Activist Group, Queensland, 1970's
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 9 months ago

The fossils in the tar-pit of your decadent ballroom,

The fossils in the tar-pit of your decadent ballroom, entice, entrance our imaginations to wander through so many facts of human expression, I wonder if, if this was written again with a little more attention to its form, its flow of thoughts, that it would be a hum-dinger of a poem that would rock our feelings through the music of your dear self here Anna. Oh maybe I should reread it many times and having assimilated the contents in my own brain give it the form you meant in the first place? We jump to conclusions, then when we come back to see a poem see it in a totally different light, at least that's what happens to me, I think to myself, why did I not see it like that before? Our receptive or perhaps one should say non-receptive brain can tilt its vision to suit its mood and on reflection change like a distorted mirror. I must take longer to study this as its first impression was fragmentary to my simple brain. Yours dear Anna for now Ann.