UNOPENED BOOKS

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    UNOPENED BOOKS

    UNOPENED BOOKS

     

    Night after night she sits naked on a

    unshared bed

    breathing in the cool air.

    The dreams of her youth

    lay scattered on the dark floor.

    Her hair hangs long across her shoulders

    and the soft pearl moon lights her form;

    not young, not old.

    The silence consumers her and she wishes

    for the release of a new day.

     

    Across town a half a world away,

    a streetlight shines through a

    bare window frame.

    It cast a pale yellow light

    on a empty bed with a picture of

    Jesus hanging at its head.

    The man stands as a silent witness

    to the night.  Half hidden by the shadows,

    the red glow of his cigarette lights

    his face; not young, not old.

    The wind moves the faded curtains  

    just so and they speak nothing at all.

     

     

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    wiskeygirl5090 commented on UNOPENED BOOKS

    02-15-2011

    I really liked this poem I like how it speaks of two strangers that have never ment but if they did they might find each othe great read

    Teardrops commented on UNOPENED BOOKS

    02-15-2011

    So who is going to say they are sorry first . does it matter The love you both share should be what matters . Great poem Marie

    Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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    UNOPENED BOOKS 2
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    LOVE 1
    SILENCE OF SNOW 0
    MEMORIES OF A BLUE BUNGALOW 0
    A TENEMENT ON JONES STREET 1
    RED SKY’S IN THE MORNING 3
    BLACK KNIGHT 1
    SAINT ELMO’S FIRE 3
    SUNDAY MORNING GUILT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND 1
    NO MATTER AT $4.95 1
    THE BOX 1
    THE WHEEL TURNS 1
    UP THE BLUE STAIRS 1
    THE KISS 1
    A QUESTION OF SLEEP 1
    EARLY MORNING COFFEE 1
    Crimson Leaf 1
    A QUESTION OF YESTERDAY 4
    3 A. M. 2
    LOUIS 4
    THE RIVER 6
    FOUR POEM ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS 1
    COACH 10 SEAT 12 2
    In The Name of the Father 2
    ECHOES OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT 1
    MYSTIC DREAM 1
    EARTHS BREATH 3
    THE FERRYMAN 3
    Winter Tide 3
    SCARLET RIBBON 3
    THE CROW 5
    THE HOUSE & AUNT MILDRED 5
    WINTER OF 33 2
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    Invisible People 1
    HOW I LONG 1
    THE BOXWOOD TREE 2
    THE EMPTY ROOM 3