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Medusa Or Sexy Siren, Memory Debates

Medusa Or Sexy Siren, Memory Debates


I felt it was time to just let the hell go, 
walking away while you screamed and cursed.
There was no fight then made just for show
an instant decision, one I never rehearsed.
Whiskey had me ready to battle, fight a war
my nerves were shot but courage filled me.
I remember that day- it is still a bad scar,
evidence of the day you forced me to hurt me!


I walked out into a steamy hot August night,
knowing that move was to be set in hard stone.
You looked in awe at that unimaginable sight,
sat there and cried like a sad child all alone!

I look back at your face from memory I saved,
there was anger, fright and hate dancing there. 
My leaving was an act far too damn long delayed.
Like a Medusa, you gave me that hideous stare!

Yet at times, that face clears and is replaced.
By your beauty, dressed up and all in sexy lace!

R.J. Lindley
Jan 23rd, 1988

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Gary Bateman August 13, 2015 at 7:55 AM Hello Robert My Good Friend!! Beware of Medusa and her Gorgon sisters. This one has such raw power and emotion for sure. Medusa, if I have my mythology right, was once a very beautiful woman who thought she was even more beautiful than the Goddess Venus. We all know the rest of the story. A heartfelt and heartbreaking write for sure, but through all this pain, a most excellent and poignant write is the final result. A 7 + FAV in my book. Cheers and Best, Gary Robert Lindley August 13, 2015 at 9:42 AM I often go back, dig out my old poems just to contemplate what I was thinking decades ago and try to see if I have progressed very much in life and in my writings. You should see some of my old notes attached to those old poems! Some have cursing attached if they are about lost love and women that shafted me deep. lol

Richard Lamoureux August 12, 2015 at 9:51 AM This is an intriguing piece. Robert Lindley August 12, 2015 at 5:39 PM Thanks Richard. Life has had many heartbreaks but also a fair share of joys and victories.

Ninette Carey August 11, 2015 at 8:19 PM BitterSweet...xx Robert Lindley August 12, 2015 at 5:39 PM Thanks. Yes, bittersweet and a memory burned deeply into my mind.

Afolabi Muideen August 11, 2015 at 8:01 PM Lol!!! Excellence penned Silence One, it is beautiful and I love the it flows............A.M. Robert Lindley August 12, 2015 at 5:40 PM Thanks my friend. However, I am not Silent One..