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Just expressing an emotion.

This Life I Have As Mine

Born from the fruit of my Christian Mother.
Raised from the seed of my Father.
Grown from the salt of the Earth.
Nay, this innocent heart does not search.
This life, I have as mine! 
In an abode less than refined.
Wilderness, freedom to this native child.
Purged from winds in the wild.
Nature, in its heady seductive scent.
Within the hours of my joyous desent.
Such volcanic words aching to rise.
A splendid whisper of childish cries.
This life, I have as mine.
Simply a shadow of eternal time.
There is no glory! 
In the same old stories.
A glimmer of truth abounds.
Within the depth of my quiet sound.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Mehta Avatar
April 28, 2014 at 5:39 AM
Awesome write, Congrats on your poem being featured this week, karen
Palmer Avatar
June 25, 2012 at 11:19 AM
lovely Karen,loved it
Madonsela Avatar
May 23, 2012 at 2:03 AM
loved the old english, is it for the contest.? A elegant piece indeed.
Van Wyk Avatar
May 23, 2012 at 7:32 AM
Thank you.
Williams Avatar
May 23, 2012 at 1:47 AM
Karen yep, make the most..David
Van Wyk Avatar
May 23, 2012 at 7:31 AM
Each day. Thanks.
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