The Dance of Anger

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16 lines or less contest

Miranda Hawley

Written 10/06/2024

1st Placement

 

Against the fury of fire, water and sky,
under lightening, thunder and the pouring rain,
I danced with body glowing with rage so high,
the dance of my life, dance to show my deepest pain!
my eyes radiant like the orbs of burning coal,
hair in long locks shook like boats in a stormy sea,
muscles rippled and flew like horses to their goal,
restless mind sought existence, to be free, be me.
the ground bore marks of my feet tapping in anger,
I was breaking with bare hands many chains that bind,
chains that had kept me captive since I was younger,
denying justice, love and enslaving my mind.
free I was born, free I shall live, in freedom death!
give me my space to live, and to die underneath!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 7/9/2024 4:20:00 AM
amazing thoughts, congratulations dear poet. Happy writing.
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Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/9/2024 6:48:00 AM
Thanks very much!!:)
Date: 7/7/2024 10:28:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning work. I am delighted to see it on the winners' list. Way to go. Sara K
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Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/7/2024 11:09:00 AM
Thanks Sara! So happy to hear from you!!
Date: 7/6/2024 9:04:00 PM
Sounds a little bit like a temper tantrum that a kid does. I guess that adults need a way to vent to and sometimes a literal dance of anger is called for, at least alone. Congrats on your win in my contest.
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Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 7/6/2024 9:43:00 PM
Wow! Thanks for the placement! delighted! This dance also called ‘ Siva thandavam’ is the dance of destruction and creation that is all part of the universe! Galaxies born and destroyed! It is a symbolic dance and much more than a dance of an individual on earth!
Date: 6/10/2024 5:02:00 PM
Dancing with glowing rage, the dance of anger is a good way to get rid of the angst Krish, better to bounce oneself about than anything one can take hold of. A marvellous sonnet… Beryl
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Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 6/10/2024 9:56:00 PM
Beryl Thanks! I have never tried jumping up and down but used to when younger!! Dancing can express many emotions, Anger is a well known expression in dance! Please do read and comment on my writes. I appreciate your kind gesture! It helps me grow as a writer!
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