All That Constrains Us
By Stacy R. Haynes
It wakes you in the morning.
It does not slither on the ground.
Nor creaks on an uneven cold floor to give it away.
You cannot taste it, nor can you touch it.
It invades you with each breath you take.
Can you feel it in your lungs?
It goes down like second hand smoke,
Burning your insides,
Painfully choking you, the uninitiated
Left to writhe in agony.
No doctor.
No medicine man.
No good night kiss can cure what ails you.
Take my hand,
Ride out the storm with me.
See me for who I am,
Lean on me for support.
I shall lean upon you
Let go of the poison.
Let us both be stronger than who we were before.
Let Hades reclaim his breath,
And let us be free of all that constrains us.
6 comments:
Stacy, did you write that yourself? That is a powerful message my brother!
Hello Beatty,
I did indeed write this poem myself. Thanks for the feedback. I've gotten good response from positbng it here, and my myspace acct. I need to write more poetry.
You most definitel should write more poetry. That is a good one! :o)
Thanks again Beatty. I will work on some more during the holidays.
I'll have to come by and check them out.
I use to write poetry years ago. Like jr. high and high school. Think I've lost the talent now though.
I used to write in HS too. I wrote a lot of songs too. I gave it up after a long while too. Its's like riding a bike. :-)
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