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IMPRISONED FOR LOVE

IMPRISONED FOR LOVE To have an easy sail at seaI paddled my canoe alongSitting at the tail boardI glided gracefullyLike footsteps to a mileLittle thrusts in rising waters A paddling pendulum swungLeft and right in nippy sequenceStreams of sweat ran down the spineThe salty sea water hurt the eyesSteering steadily, emotions swollenIn turbulent sea, down and up again The tempest rose, hell storm swayedThe sail deviously rose high upDrove the boat into a whirlpoolShoving the shattering frame downAgainst the wall of the ocean waterAs it sank into a long black hole Thrown out into a hollow rockI sat there looking at the skyAbove a little cracked openingUncertain in my bewildermentHow I became so cramped upIn a Fuji house of confusion In this cage, I found out lateTo my incomprehension, rod ironWoven round the rocks in a the patternStrange, all around me, restrictingWith limited freedom and space to sitTo move around, feed and ooze Were these rods made of real ironI would have called out to the welderBut they were flowing current of adorationCommitted and nurtured through the eonWhen the wind blew high at meridianMoving toward the eastern borders     
— t. reflexion, Jul 14, 2010

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Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

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Seren

Seren

15 years 10 months ago

Dear T.

Not sure if you've stuck to an exact rhyme scheme with this one ... so will wait to hear from you ... but have a few small ideas to help with a couple of small flow problems love Jayne-Chloe (“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quote)
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

15 years 10 months ago

Hello

I very much enjoyed this dark poem. My favorite lines are: A paddling pendulum swung Left and right in nippy sequence Streams of sweat ran down the spine The salty sea water hurt the eyes Steering steadily, emotions swollen In turbulent sea, down and up again Always, Cat