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My Yangs Yin

Conscious extends out a hand "Are you alright?" it gently asks subconscious . A garbled mutter is heard, and conscious looks on concerned "I know we haven't seen eye to eye as of recent" he stammers forth, "but you know I'm always here. I just want to understand. We're a team" He reaches over and pats subconscious on the back Subconscious picks his head up and turns to look His tear stained cheeks are like pillars holding up sad eyes and the strain lines of angered expression Though despite the poor traits, underneath, and perhaps slowly climbing up into the rest of his face is a rosy color and hint of joy. The slight upward curve around his mouth suggest happiness may be beginning to poke through a long worn mask A mask whos front perhaps seemed to the outside once as it now looks inwardly, except it was fraudulent, and a true mask in the sense to cover what lay underneath But now, the first mask gone, and the second beginning to peel away the portrait of our narrator, shaped through his struggles as hes grown as an artist, his face a canvas to experience, begins to shine Do I, conscious, have a face? It suddenly wonders as it looks on. Or perhaps it, or I, am just the unidentified painter on the long term art of our friend, and other half. As his final masterpiece comes along, the two halves of the narrator come together in companionship to shape the painting of his true face. The one he makes and plans to put up on display that might someday glow with the warmth and beauty an artist develops through a long aged career

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 3/26/2016 10:40:00 PM
daniel bender, nice to read this one again. LINDA
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Date: 4/26/2015 1:32:00 AM
Daniel, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 4/24/2015 2:11:00 PM
Daniel, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 4/22/2015 8:35:00 AM
- Hello Daniel :)- I want to welcome you to the P-Soup - You have come to the right place, here you will find many talented poets :) - Share your work, try two get some "poets" friends :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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