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Related: About this forumAre You There?
Are You There
The eyes are vacant
dull and unseeing.
Are you there? The
essence gone.
The life drifted away
the light dimmed.
Just a remnant,
much like fabric
left over from a
finished garment.
Where is the life
that once was? Here
then not. How dare
life be so engaged
as to diminish a life
important.
I object your honor.
Objection overuled.
Thank you judge.
Judge of all, judge of
everyone going forth
everyone hoping for
forgiveness. yet not
able to show remorse.
Your honor, I am sorry.
Sorry that I am now in
this system, that which
labels me. I know not that
which I am accused of.
I am innocent. I was a
ship without sail nor rudder.
I had no oars, no way
to return to shore.
The dead fish eyes,
the dead eyes follow
I repent for death. The
oars floating upon the
water, floating,
the essence gone.
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Are You There? (Original Post)
Star-Thrower
Nov 2020
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Karadeniz
(23,627 posts)1. That says it all...well done, Star!
Star-Thrower
(309 posts)2. Thank you
I always second guess myself. Sometimes I like things I write and sometimes I discount the efforts.
Harker
(15,311 posts)3. A lot of us second guess ourselves
when that's best left to others.
Thanks for posting.