The Shrine

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    The Shrine

    How long...living on wishes
    too often clouded with despair
    visions of another life
    once...you were there.

    So many lifetimes have passed
    season after season come and gone
    now the wishes faded darkly
    and the nights so very long.

    Who would share their light
    pull me from this storm
    smooth the fabric of this man
    trade his cold...for a place that's warm.

    What is seen by your eyes
    is the facade of your desires
    but emotional poverty has no face
    it's a heart without a fire.

    You see, it's more than an empty bottle
    it's a shrine to a world in pain
    and the soul, the heart of the sufferer
    has it's label, but emptiness is to blame.

     

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    IzzyGumbo commented on The Shrine

    07-26-2009

    For the one who lost you... must be a heart without a fire. Your words are magical inspiration. Thank you for being here and sharing your writing my friend.
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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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