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Life Is Foul

A dark, dim, dismal den Profoundly bleak Heartache bleeds And love always ends Black is the shroud Of times flash Falsely dashed Upon a rain cloud The storm arrives Love sojourn Like never born The weather takes a dive Pain insists to throb Inside my ear I cannot hear What life has robbed Profound mound of feces The smell so strong Darkness’s throng My life is in pieces “Peace does not exist Where pain produces furrow And life throws a maximus Of dark, dim, dismal sorrow Why do I suffer so In a pit of shiftless soil I’ll never get a go To remove all my turmoil I prolong my faceless grief Produce a painful growl It will never, ever be brief All eternity life is foul” Russell Sivey

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Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 8/21/2017 8:35:00 AM

A pen steeped in pain, all encompassing. Ink flows from a pen that knows. Hugs to you Russell.

Silent One

Date: 8/21/2017 7:49:00 AM

Some sad and somewhat disturbing imagery Russell.. I hope this is fiction my friend.. deep and well expressed.. However, there was a time when pain was the only thing that reminded me I was alive..

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/21/2017 6:40:00 AM

- This was profound and sad to read, Russell - I hope the pain and darkness is not from "reality" - (I have fobromylagia, which causes pain 24 hours a day ... but I have to live with it :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Maria Williams

Date: 8/21/2017 6:34:00 AM

Your pain is evident in this write of yours Russell. Wonderful in its imagery the reader feels it too. Hope it passes soon? Maria

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 8/21/2017 6:27:00 AM

Love this, Russell! I have a very rare, dangerous form of migraine called hemiplegic, (that I've had my whole life, even as a child), which is not only very painful, but gives stroke symptoms, and has the potential to end my life at any time. Needless to say I spend a lot of time with pain and darkness, so I can relate very closely to this beautifully dark piece. I hope you are not always in pain and that you don't let it get you down - what would I do without your kind comments each day? Bless!

Vijay Pandit

Date: 8/21/2017 6:11:00 AM

I agree--there is no peace when pain persists!

Heidi Sands

Date: 8/21/2017 5:58:00 AM

Hi Russell. This reminds me of a moment I went through last night, as I do have times like this. I may write about it. But, they do pass and I keep on going. I don't know what your poem is about exactly, but bless you today. I hope you have a good day today ! This poem is well written with expression :)