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Excavations - the Diagnosis

Second chance, I gave that to you
You did not compensate
You sing of penitence
Yet would not cross the bridge of redemption
So scarred through and through
What did not understand
Cannot penetrate
Why am the focus of your vile obsession
The object of your hate

What tear in the fabric of your youth
What cancer no love can heal
Make you so distort the truth
Make you so chameleon in steal
I know you will not answer
It would never come to you in prayer
Your faith is built on faulty labor
Wooing men to convince your heart
Of heaven.

Do they see yet,
Can they understand
The wounds you bind with tears wet
Is caused by your covert hand
What guile upon a gullible stage
What pretensive innocence before my rage
What jealous spitefulness
What pathological competitiveness
What metal twist of soul
I cannot understand
But somewhere in childhood's cavern
I know the demon rest.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 12/17/2009 6:34:00 AM
A very poignant piece you have penned here L'nass. The demons of childhood/young adulthood affect every aspect of who we were as children and who we are as adults...especially if the trust issue's have been violated. Powerful message conveyed and I am sure many people will be able to relate on some level...thanks so much for sharing. Many thanks too for taking the time to read my writes. Your always kind comments are much appreciated. Have a blessed day~Mary
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Date: 12/17/2009 4:57:00 AM
I love the last stanza the best esp about the childhood cavern where the demon rest that part is inspired.
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Date: 12/17/2009 4:48:00 AM
Things that happen in our childhood does effect our relationship with others. This is a good topic on which to write a poem. Keep the magical and creative pen flowing. Sara
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