it is time my friend
to put my thoughts
on paper...
to write you
what my tongue denies
what my heart screams
in the middle of the night
it is time to speak in
the words etched upon
my bones
to give light to this
seed with in my soul
even as the ink blots the paper
my fears rise, and my courage quivers
to give this entity the substance
of words
is to give it the power
of freedom or destruction
but I am weary, so weary
from carrying its burden
through this long peroid
of gestation, I am beyond
beyond trying to carry
this thing with grace
and have now become
a lumbering leviathan
treading heavily through
each day,not evolving
or creating, just barely exsisting
So, if it be freedom,
there will be relief
if it be destruction
there will be release
No more dallying,
No more delay
You left, You died
leaving us behind
no recompense
no answers
just a ***** room
and unpaid bills
You, You, walked
out of life,
without
finishing the conversation
without
any explanation
without
care for others
without
thought for self
You told us nothing
You hid your hurt
till it was to late
till...it..was..too..too late
And tho
I WILL LOVE YOU
til the end of my days
Now, I hate....
I hate you are not here
I hate that I did not see
I hate that you did not ask
I hate the incompleteness
of it all
So my friend, I write
this to you...
then make it into
a paper boat
that I set on
the waters
before
lighting
it afire
in
the hopes
it will
bring
freedom
Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 3:22 AM UTC
it is time my friend
to put my thoughts
on paper...
to write you
what my tongue denies
what my heart screams
in the middle of the night
it is time to speak in
the words etched upon
my bones
to give light to this
seed with in my soul
even as the ink blots the paper
my fears rise, and my courage quivers
to give this entity the substance
of words
is to give it the power
of freedom or destruction
but I am weary, so weary
from carrying its burden
through this long peroid
of gestation, I am beyond
beyond trying to carry
this thing with grace
and have now become
a lumbering leviathan
treading heavily through
each day,not evolving
or creating, just barely exsisting
So, if it be freedom,
there will be relief
if it be destruction
there will be release
No more dallying,
No more delay
You left, You died
leaving us behind
no recompense
no answers
just a ***** room
and unpaid bills
You, You, walked
out of life,
without
finishing the conversation
without
any explanation
without
care for others
without
thought for self
You told us nothing
You hid your hurt
till it was to late
till...it..was..too..too late
And tho
I WILL LOVE YOU
til the end of my days
Now, I hate....
I hate you are not here
I hate that I did not see
I hate that you did not ask
I hate the incompleteness
of it all
So my friend, I write
this to you...
then make it into
a paper boat
that I set on
the waters
before
lighting
it afire
in
the hopes
it will
bring
freedom
Napowrimo 2017...letter poem
NB ...I am fine...this is an older poem that needed to see the light of day... it was time
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