The Garden

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  • Mandi
  • I am here, heart in hand, ready to share time and poems ith anyone who will give me the time in their day.

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from watching too many murder mysteries

The Garden

Well, hello, counselor...
You did say that is what you  do?
Right now I could use a good counselor,
Because I feel very blue.
My life is one screwed up mess
My behavior I have come to rue.
I can't explain why I do
All the things that I tend to do.

Do you have any time available?
I know that I have time free.
Nothing else in this world
Matters that much to me.
I've come to realize
How really alone I feel.
The deadly pull of death,
Like on a fishing reel,
Tugs at my sordid soul
And, I seal the deadly deal.

Quickly, deftly, I begin 
To slip down the river bank.
Into the cold water I slid.
Down, down into the dark  I sank.
It was as dreary as I has imagined.
As bleak as a deep water tank
Left half full for months on end,
With rotting leaves that stank.

Having come to a mushy stop.
Feet anything but firmly planted.
Opening eyes squeezed tightly shut
In another world, slightly slanted.
I peer into flat dull eyes
Of someone I know and like.
Chained by the ankle, to the
Lake bed with a driven spike.

When was the last time I saw her?
We hugged as she kissed my cheek.
My heart grew cold and hard, 
When last I heard her speak,
She told me she was leaving,
Said she would miss me much.
So I gave her a loving caress
With my own personal touch.

I smiled at her sweetly,
Then I turned to bid farewell
To all the other flowers "planted here".
I bade them  goodbye as well.

Gliding toward the surface
My face breaks the serene plane
A cool breeze dries my skin
As I struggle with the insane.

Somehow my mind is eased,
My loneliness has gone away,
The visit to my flower garden,
Has brightened up my day.

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FranzJ commented on The Garden

06-03-2012

a happy ending ? prehaps - I do like how the reader is drawn in

ItsHeartBeat commented on The Garden

05-13-2012

Wow. That was really fun to read; it pulled me right in. You have a real talent for connecting with people. I'll look forward to the next one.

Mandi

05/14/2012

I will keep on the lookout for your stuff too...

ayyan commented on The Garden

05-06-2012

You are a great poet with good writing pulling everyone's mind, by sense of touch in views and ideas, all the best

Mandi

05/06/2012

thanks so much... I hate tug people, but to go on, I need input.

StandingBear commented on The Garden

04-11-2012

An incredibly awesome work you've penned. Your writing is as always, very interesting. Saved to my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

Mandi

04/17/2012

miss chatting W/ U

Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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