I lay down finally among brambles
and found my shadow already there
bleeding from an open vein
painting a spattered portrait of the sun
Then I held the canvas up against empty skies
in case it started to rain
and when the ground gave way beneath me
I was ready for the fall
Ready with my arms held before me
the sun in my hands
and my shadow left behind in a world made blind
to dissolve away into perpetual night
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I’m finding it hard to tell if the news has a focused slant toward the negative or if things really are beginning to come apart at the seams. Seems the corrupt have been given a free pass, no need to even attempt to hide it anymore. If November’s elections are fraudulent, I’ll be at the White House protesting. And not a planned march/rally/feel-good-because-we’re-doing-something protest. A real one. Sorry, I try not to be too political on here, but oh well.
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11 responses to “Portrait of the Sun”
Ditto on trying to remain apolitical on the blog, but I think November will be a real mess. Trump and Barr will pull out all the stops to stay in power.
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Agreed. Right now we the USA really only exists on paper. The election will tell all
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Agreed. I too think we are unraveling and have been shouting on twitter to all of the would be protesters that tweeting is not an action but rather a reaction. Somehow, most are under the impression that tweeting will change things. We have become so complacent but I don’t think our country will survive another four years of this s***
A beautiful piece of writing btw. 😊
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No way we get through another 4. One way or another in November there has to be someone new in the White House. Someone not mentally unhinged.
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The way things are going, we will be lucky to have a country by November. How sad, that our country has come to this.
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Well, something’s gotta give, that’s for sure. I’m so upset about the George Floyd murder by cops, I can barely see straight.
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Me as well. Getting ready for a loooong summer for sure. and thank you (:
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You’re welcome–hang in there.
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Forgot to say, “hell of a poem” (oops, the church auntie did a swear!).
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The imagery here is quite beautiful.
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Thank you! (:
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