Hidden Peace

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  • iLuvPoetryJACOB
  • Poetry will always emerge out of the shadows of depression, shining like a star in the scarcity of light.

Hidden Peace

As I sit in this keyhole, I look out at the room.

Fallen books and sheets of paper scatter the hard wood floor,

Which has tried to disguise itself as a blanket of dust.

But I know better, I can see the shy shade of brown

That is buried beneath the signs of its abandonment.

 

I can hear the cars humming, and the trains are a-running

Past this building that has yet to fall apart.

Dim morning sunlight pours into the room,

Shining through a dirt-streaked window.

 

Cobwebs are a-sittin’ on wooden chairs that have yet to rot,

And the walls creak as a train rumbles by.

 

So here I am sitting on a mighty fine morning,

In a keyhole that has long since been filled.

Though this room lay forgotten, it has maintained its peace,

Though the sad part remains quite clear:

I’m still hoping for someone to see it.

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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