Triggered Effect

i am bonded
in memories
of my yesterdays
not through desire

i still choke 
on that air
as it falls
steel force
like a bullet
in wind

the smell 
of stale beer
and cigarettes
as you
rolled barrels back
and flicked
more than bics

i remember
your mind 
fully loaded
half-cocked
as you raged
within

i felt trapped
like the moon 
on a stormy night

thunder rang out
then silence fell
through the smoky trail
as it blazed by
i lifted the veil
and mourned
the part of me
that died

i still live
bonded 
in memories
of my yesterdays
though not by desire
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Date: 11/18/2013 5:55:00 PM
Full of emotion and feeling thank you for sharing. also I'm glad you enjoy the titanlic cheri
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Date: 10/18/2013 5:07:00 AM
a heart felt write Sandra never easy to move on time helps enjoyed reading this fine pen Shadow x smile
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Date: 10/14/2013 2:32:00 AM
Sometimes the wounds of life experiences take a while to heal. Good poem
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Date: 10/12/2013 5:12:00 PM
YOU are a pistol dear, I really like the strength you push forth in your verse. Light & Love
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/13/2013 9:31:00 AM
thank you so much Debbie :)
Date: 10/11/2013 8:06:00 PM
Geez, Sandra, this is powerful writing. Thank heavens you're able to move on. Writing heals, girlfriend. Go, go, go!!! Licia :-)
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/13/2013 9:31:00 AM
Thank you Licia :) I too always say writing is great therapy....
Date: 10/10/2013 8:34:00 AM
Mind scars are the most difficult because they are not so easily seen. Also we work so hard to hide them. By keeping them guarded we don't allow them to heal.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/10/2013 7:10:00 PM
I loved this comment to me...sorry I hadn't time to stop earlier today...I love the poem that came from your comment even more...thank you so much Richard Hugs :)
Date: 10/7/2013 6:26:00 PM
that last part, wow, so profound. You survived and can move on!! Glad to see this one .You keep them coming, girlfriend!!
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/8/2013 6:29:00 AM
thank you Andrea...sometimes a moment in life will spark the old memories...I write them out to unclutter my mind ....hugs :)
Date: 10/7/2013 5:02:00 PM
deep heartfelt beautiful piece
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/8/2013 6:28:00 AM
thank you my kind fiend....hugs :)
Date: 10/7/2013 8:54:00 AM
With the understanding in between your lines, I can only applaud you strongly for this. Sigh...it's good you're here with us.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/8/2013 6:28:00 AM
thank you...sometimes the pain in life makes for poetry, I always said it was good therapy...hugs :)
Date: 10/6/2013 7:18:00 PM
Hello Sandra, I don't know what to say. There was so much emotion in this. I don't know where to start. But, that I like how it began with unfed memories without the touch of desire.. the end was much heavier than i expected .... xxoxx...Linda
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/6/2013 7:28:00 PM
Thank you sweet friend...I was abused, held at gunpoint a few times...he swore one bullet had my name on it...I am alive, thankfully...but memories always haunt! hugs Sandy
Date: 10/6/2013 7:13:00 PM
This is such a powerful metophor. Well expressed Sandra.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 10/6/2013 7:29:00 PM
thank you Richard...time heals a broken heart and other things but sometimes mind's scars never get erased!
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