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Thaw Me

Thaw me from memory: Suddenly the hard shell crumbles The raw yolk leaks from my fingers in disgust Expired years and anger tumbles - This hardening shell in a deferment of memory An eggless sentence comes to bird Anger haggles for the meaning word Melts silently. It was a good fence To watch across ... distance shrivelled so By time ... friendships in a population grow Strange curiosities about human loneliness: Frozen silences. I watched you from without ... Sometimes distance is a man's defence You built brick by brick Your wall mortared with lies Using people as layers of convenience The words of others twisted ... until they despised Leave you to your convent of faults To bear the yoke of hypocrisy Where ragged rituals vaults The logic of worship ... begging praise. Even stones can melt without fire To weep in acid rain. Your corrupted words, your bitterness Did not destroy the envy of your eyes Now your heap of withered happiness Shiver of the base of crumbling walls ... An egg will roll at winds' whim And raw the ground where the yolk runs. They say Anger is wheat caught between the teeth - Leave it nagging there and be sore Extract it, and go eat more I say anger is the memory of what I deplore You pulling me down To rise on the rip tides of my frown But I by just walking away Left you waiting in your decay. A heart can thaw If it lingers in the fire of the sun.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 5/19/2009 9:24:00 AM
Anger is wheat caught between the teeth - Leave it nagging there and be sore Extract it, and go eat more..... incredible lines David.... this is an outstanding ! poem David full of excellent lines ... beautifully put together... Brilliant work my man ... KUDOS !
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Date: 5/18/2009 5:44:00 PM
It's so sad when people put up fences and allow their hearts to grow cold. Anyone who allows their anger to pull you down, does not really know how to love. I felt the essence of this poem so intensely, David. Anger and coldness were big factors in the breakup of my last relationship. No longer will I allow anyone to pull me down or make me feel the way you describe. Very poignant, and obviously thought-provoking, David. Excellent writing! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/18/2009 4:55:00 PM
you are simply brilliant..in my faves with this write along with you my brother....much respect and one love.
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Date: 5/18/2009 4:54:00 PM
Ok.. David, my brother...you must know that this is one of the best poems I have ever read on this site..this is no hyperbole...you have written an incredible moving piece that needs to be showcase in many places...I can't even pick one line or lines..this entire piece just jumps off and smack the reader with a this is what good poetry is all about..you are an incredible writer that makes words dance your music..
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