Whole

...for Virginia Woolf


Submerged 'neath the surface,
stones weighting her body,
gremlins and goblins 
are hobbling her soul.

Images jar, 
and memories jostle, 
her compass is gone
but she's in full control. 

Lungs overflowing, 
her faculties failing,
she's one with the fishes, 
at last she is whole.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Jane Avatar
July 7, 2012 at 2:20 AM
Blunt but still beautiful... Just like the fading memory of a loved one. Haunting, I really enjoyed this one. Annie x
Collins Avatar
June 30, 2012 at 8:09 AM
I love your dedication poetry.
Kendrick Avatar
June 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Great work...Enjoyed reading this afternoon..I know that Virginia Woolf was an author but I have never read any of her works..Thanks for stopping by..Sara
Dietrich Avatar
June 23, 2012 at 8:35 AM
I know very little of her except her name and that she committed suicide from depression, but it sounds like a horrible way to go. A VERY well crafted and strong little poem.
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