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Always Home

 Across the tossing tumult of reality
my brain gasps for truth, for freedom.
This inconvenient leprosy of mind,
whose scarred visage must be quelled.

My own reflection has no scars,
yet, all about are those that insist that ...

AH! What a perfect sunrise!

no secret concoction, no peering prying eyes
-hidden yawns or dulcet tones or pseudo smiles,
suggesting - DEMANDING I ...no, this day
I will go to where only God knows where I am.

I will dance with the forgotten frantic weeds
- spayed and sprayed, dandelions of disdain
             live here unfettered

This house, neglected, forgotten in
a field of imperfection to those
who can not see what is perfect, is Heaven to me!

Apples with scarred blemished skins
beg to be loved - excused for
their imperfections shall
be my nourishment.

The passing of each day - 
my romantic vision transformed,
my own pace, my own space, where
freedom hugs me, warms me, feeds me
and loves me
-sleep dear child, you are free. 

I am found, but then, God always knew
...where I was.

Copyright © Craig Cornish | Year Posted 2023

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Christuraj Alex Date: 12/10/2023 7:49:00 PM "inconvenient leprosy of mind" "Apples with scarred blemished beg to be loved" - are very strong images and imageries. Congratulations! Login to Reply

Jaymee Thomas Date: 12/9/2023 9:59:00 AM Look at you showing up on my podium! I was delighted when they posted and I saw this one belonged to you :) This was so well done - the plays of language you have embedded here kept me going back again and again to discover them! Excellent use of punctuation too - so effective in adding depth. Extraordinarily well done - it was a TIGHT finish!! Login to Reply

Charles Messina Date: 12/4/2023 3:32:00 AM The Lord always knows...Powerful write, Craig. Great ending too! Thanks also for the placement in your latest contest. Your contests are always a challenge for me so to see my name on the list put a big smile on my face. All the best, Charlie Login to Reply Craig Cornish Date: 12/8/2023 11:19:00 AM You're welcome Charles - check out this story BTW (true) God Knows Where I Am..

Ink Empress Date: 12/1/2023 12:05:00 PM Gosh that ending is so soul hitting and made me sad a little too. Its a powerful write. You’ve expressed so much in such a descriptive and meaningful manner. And I love the flow too, I especially love the stanza about “ i will dance.::” “ no secret concoction..” so much depth and i gathered so much from every line. Pleasure always reading your work dear craig. And thank you for placing me in your contest. I am grateful. Always Login to Reply Craig Cornish Date: 12/8/2023 11:17:00 AM Dear Inky - if you want to be scarred/lifted/jarred---search "God Knows Where I Am" -- a true story about a woman with serious emotional issues (yet not that distant from reality) - Ironically, her final resting place was only 15 miles from my home up north---trully uplifting and equally disturbing as I try to write--let me know if you can access it - you are one it can emotionally effect.