Note: This will probably be the last poem I post for a while, at least regarding works from my past. While I can be a slow learner at times I do eventually learn, and I have discovered many things about Substack over the past year (and even more over the past two months). A few of those things I have honestly fought against, but… well, when in Rome there are times when you must act like Romans, if you wish to survive and thrive.
But that’s for a future missive; for now, however? From 2008…
Resurrect
Now that I’ve traveled... so many miles now,
the destination is in sight.
The journey’s coming… to the end now,
and I feel relieved and light.
The burdens that I’ve carried
become wetness on the grass,
the rack-and-toil that’s driven me
dissolves into the past,
The noise-pollution in my mind goes
silent as my chest,
angry swarms that dissipate to
finally let me rest.
The Mother takes her loving hand
and peels the soil away…
brings my tired bones to life and
frees me from this grave.
The eyes that stared and haunted me
when mirrors passed me by…
reclaim their sharp lucidity through
clearing years of lies.
The rays of moon illuminate
my rough and shallow skin...
and resurrect this darkened soul
to let me be again.
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Substack is the ideal platform for poetry, it just doesn't gain a lot of views.
I wonder if that's more because it's a community of writers, rather than readers, or that reading poetry is a definite minority activity
I always enjoy your poetry - it resonates with the “me” of those times too. I will always welcome your poetry from the past or whatever you write currently!!
I see your disclaimer now. This is something that adults already understand - to read whatever we read with the knowledge that NO ONE turns out to be an expert, including the “experts”, themselves. The only expert is our own knowledge, understanding, discernment and experience of and for ourselves. I don’t need social media telling me what to believe and not believe on Substack and forcing authentic publishers to put a disclaimer on everything they write. That’s why I came to Substack; for perspectives and real articles - and get away from social media and recently Substack is recreating the same platform.