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"The Fresh Blooding of a Sexton Grin" Guns ... are for p*ssies you know, short for pussilanimous plural Words … are sharper more cutting more lethal clean concise quill slicing the lucid flow you can taste the blood as you turn them twist them further in with valour war cry bitten you drive them deeper in you unsheathe love as a hard win, victorious, won ink blooms potent power from your stellar wounds darkened roads shining home lux vitae dei vox Home ... morning star quod scripsi scripsi turns the light on to birth puissant in the majestic seat of third eye commanding the truest titulus initials glowing arriving on cloudy tomes perilously igniting new fiery caims swallowing ouroboros tales hear the battle cry you were built to withstand the fall to more mighty again rise the gauntlet now well and truly thrown something more darkly formidable than shady insult sown sink your new teeth in fresh biting warrior I christen you Boadicea blood cup possessed razor mind in you conjuring the tongues of hearts to speak there is no escape for in you, I am and I will always live crucifying all the wasting yesterdays with fresh blooded promissory notes staking claims of assurance in the terror firmer here to stay sharpening words taken from a stone n'ere a flowery verbose drip wasted salting the new cuts to feel something vital smiling within fresh blooding the Sexton grin (LadyLabyrinth / 2022) “Come as You Are”/Nirvana https://youtu.be/W2QeQ9ZufAk “The Black Art”/Anne Sexton https://allpoetry.com/The-Black-Art “Her Kind”/Anne Sexton https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42560/her-kind Sexton. noun titulus. noun Caim. noun Sanctuary; An invisible circle of protection drawn around the body with the hand, to remind one of being safe and loved even in the darkest times. "STRONG" https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/strong_1192970 LYRICS/"Come as You Are", Nirvana https://genius.com/Nirvana-come-as-you-are-lyrics

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Robert Lindley

Date: 1/18/2022 2:55:00 AM

True. We read and it stirs in our hearts and minds thoughts that pertain to our own life, our own existence. The blood, the kinship in humanity sets us all fighting in life against the end. Should we find and embrace love and light we are better armed to wage battle and find joy while in this ever growing darker, darkened realm. God bless...

Robert Lindley

Date: 1/17/2022 4:53:00 AM

Truly exceptional power and so very finely woven these verses that stimulate the mind, stir the heart and speak to humanity and its existence. Be strong, see truth and fight when necessary. As this world seeks to devour all. This one is an exceptionally fine fav. The power in it so truly awesome.. God bless..

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:48:00 AM

Thank you Lindley. This poem is coming from many different directions and has many meanings. It can be interpreted in many different ways. The reader will make of it what they will. Of that I am certain.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:48:00 AM

Underlying all messages within the poem, the true message is about power. The power of the word, and the “Strength” within self and within the reader. Poets are sometimes viewed as depressive, angst ridden individuals, susceptible to strong addictions, who may consider themselves highly empathetic, but many consider ‘too’ sensitive, and even crazed or insane; with specific reference to poets and other 'creatives' - many were and are over-tuned with too much in the experiences that dent their armour with their march through "this" Life;

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:47:00 AM

one just needs to revist the great poets, to understand that many - whether it be seen as a strength of courage, or indeed an act of weakness, caved in and left it all behind to the reader to see such acts as self-indulgent, self-pitying and an easy escape route. What many poets have within them, which is to be perpetuated is “Strength” of character to tell their truth and to thrust their message into the heart of their readers. This will be achieved in many styles and formats, most of this type of delivery by poet (add in musician, artist) will be done in an abstract manner through imagery and symbolism, metaphors and analogies. Their experiences veiled, but open to concise interpretation by other individuals who 'get' it. Usually they are writing for themselves though to make sense of it all, perhaps to deliver messages to those they love.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:47:00 AM

It is all well and good for one to write about fairies, unicorns, rainbows and bluebirds for children, but what children require is to understand that the strength and truth that resides deep inside themselves, is real, it does exist and it comes from a place of self-love (esteem and confidence within). Self-love comes from a place commencing usually in childhood and relationships within the family unit that are ‘loving’ and ‘nurturing’. Some children never experience that, or it falls through the cracks in their parent’s lives. It usually comes from a place commencing in childhood, but can be lost in adulthood (even if the adult as a child, experienced a loving and supportive home environment).

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:47:00 AM

For many children though, who experience from an early or formative age, the terrible and darker downside of life, where there are no healthy boundaries, or there is violence, or hardship of some form or another, can and will escape through creativity (imagination) to deal with the truth of their reality. The strength within an individual, can be harnessed and ridden into the battles they will inevitably face in this life, through many ways. "Guns" are not the answer - what I am alluding to, is that some react to their circumstances later in life, through crime, and other nefarious and darker addictions.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:47:00 AM

However, through darkness, many experience their Light. Some can retrieve the way they continue on in life, to a place of 'good', I won't say 'normal', because 'normal' does not exist - but a place of 'good' / 'light', even if they have fallen and find themselves in a place of cold isolation and are ostracized by their community. This poem is about the strength to understand, that perhaps “strength” is generational more so than other maladies (eg depression). And if a child were to inherit any trait from their parent to survive in this life, through “love” … “strength” of character and strength within themselves, to respect themselves, is the singular most paramount inherited gift to know one has within oneself to pull through any battle. Of course, some children/adults may never know this, therefore we poets, must write with strength and conviction about victory over dark and it will strike a chord somewhere, where it is needed. Humour is a genuine gift of strength as well.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/17/2022 11:47:00 AM

Of course, many will say “I Am” /God/Source, is the other power that has much strength through faith and belief to conquer darkness in battle. “I Am” can also refer to self. That “I Am” is the one a person must have much belief and faith in - the one within themselves - their 'Self', some may even suggest their 'Higher Self'. Within the creative mind, particularly of poets, is a very potent strength to conquer black dogs, devils and all that live in those lower vibrationing realms of their psyche. Battles will be lost, but the true warrior gets back up, and never gives in...unless one is flogging a dead horse. I would rather raise a horse from the dead and ride it into victory. Always. Happy New Year to you and yours Lindley. Xx

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 1/16/2022 4:31:00 PM

STRONG.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/16/2022 4:31:00 PM

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