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Cost of the Creative

oh, yes ...

yes, I have ...
I've had them ... those moments
the deep, desperate, rare moments ...
"straight-from-a-movie" moments
of romance and melancholy

where the violins and violas and
cellos pull on your heart ...
forlorn music reaching down into your viscera
to yank at your soul in tyranny ...
heart-wrenching moments of
exquisite agony -

where the core burns, the hairs all
stand, the eyes close, and you're lost
to the consequence ...
brief, beautiful, tender instances that
you hold for a lifetime -
that shine like jeweled beacons among
the mists of the mundane ...

oh, how blessed I've been ... and how cursed
for this gift of creativity that so
many envy, is but a facade for the dark, dire
truth of the sensitive spirit -
we feel deeper, look deeper, wish deeper, love
deeper, and hurt ... so much deeper ...

I am thankful for those moments, for
they are precious ...
but there is a dear and diabolical price to pay
and it comes without music
in the dead ...

of night.







~ 2nd Place ~  in the "Writing Challenge 1, August 2019 - Just Write" Poetry Contest, Dear Heart, Judge & Sponsor.

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Carol Mitra Date: 3/26/2021 6:19:00 PM Yes we plunge into the depths of soul...Congrats on your win Gregory...Best wishes...Take care Login to Reply

Peter Rees Date: 9/7/2019 12:49:00 PM Almost in tears. Yes, the sensitive spirit - it can surely hurt. Perfectly expressed. Thank you. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 10/1/2019 6:32:00 PM Oh, thank you SO much for this, Peter, it means a great deal - your opinion is one I value, my friend. Blessings! :o)

John Hamilton Date: 8/14/2019 4:40:00 PM Rock band at 10...well you are a special one eh! Back for another read...better than the first time, congrats on a fine win! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/28/2019 4:54:00 PM Thank you so very much, John, your kind comments are always so appreciated! Blessings, Friend! :o)

Kurt Ravidas Date: 8/14/2019 5:56:00 AM Oh, heart-wrenching moments of exquisite agony! It is hard to tell better about the impressions of this poem. And about your poetry at all) Conrats, Greg. It's so, hm, exquisite :3 Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/28/2019 4:53:00 PM Many kind thanks to you, Kurt, I'm happy you enjoyed my poem. Blessings to you for this wonderful comment, my friend! :o) <3

Constance La France Date: 8/12/2019 7:31:00 PM Greg congratulations on your win in my writing challenge with this wonderful write and I love your image too Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/28/2019 4:52:00 PM Thank you so much, Constance, I'm so pleased you enjoyed my write and found it worthy of placement. Blessings, Dear Poet! :o) <3

Jeanne Mcgee Date: 8/12/2019 7:28:00 PM Oh, how blessed and how cursed...yes, it is the way. Congrats Gregory on your top win. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/28/2019 4:51:00 PM Many kind thanks to you, Jeanne - blessings! :-) <3

Beautiful Scars Date: 8/12/2019 6:08:00 PM great poem Gregory! congrats on your placement ;)-luloo Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/28/2019 4:51:00 PM Thank you so much, Lu Loo! :-) <3

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/8/2019 5:57:00 PM Gripping emotion. Battling the uniqueness of heart...embracing it when you realize it is good to be different and ohhh a romantic! Be blessed! Fave! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/11/2019 2:23:00 AM Amen, Kim, and so well-phrased ... my mom, sensing I was "different" from an early age, always helped me appreciate my "unique-ness", even when bullied at school ... when I WAS bullied, I became all the more bold and overt, and had a rock band at the age of ten that played for crowds of over 3,000. Thanks to her I never saw it as a negative. Blessings and thanks, Dear Poet!

John Hamilton Date: 8/8/2019 1:47:00 PM OOOH G, this one speaks to me, majestic writing! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/11/2019 2:20:00 AM Many kind thanks, Brother - blessings! :o)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/8/2019 8:43:00 AM Such is society's need for the artists, the poets, they carry and express the human experience through our history. Lovely piece my friend. Hugs <3 xomo Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/11/2019 2:19:00 AM Indeed, you are right, Maureen - and thank you so much for the wonderful comments! Blessings! :o) <3