It’s the way
down
I am weighed down
It is the words
that are storming
in the back of
my head
It’s the dead
and words said
It’s the waydown
solve my mystery
for me
I condone
but do not belong
We all strive
to keep alive
the slow songs
of the last dawn
It weighs down
on a heart
concurrent salvations
in a place
of damnations
What belongs here
and those apart
catcalls and masturbations
apartheid and
insinuations
it is the weighing
down
done unto one
form of another
gun
scratching the serial
to provoke the
surreal
killer craftwerk in cold
sunshine
it’s the way
down
compound fracture
of my disposition
alleviate happenstance
and dance the jig
of denigration glance
I fall
and follow
the formations
of this long
fucking line
down
It weighs me down
In this queue
with you
It may behoove you
to lose
that lovely sneer
My Dear,
because here
we are all the same
no matter your
position or title
fortune or fame
we all weigh the same
on the way down
We are the heaviest
most times after
sundown
it is the fear
steer clear
of the connotations
concrete assertions
are near
but to hear
toe the line
and walk
in step
with the Word
on your way
down
It weighs on me
much too heavy
to escape
your words follow me
with the wait of
days
and the weight of
the ways
down
Beautifully penned! 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙏❤
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You’re welcome 😀
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Your use of words here is amazing. I can’t think of a better way to put it. Your attention to detail with the phonetics, the way the words connect and intensify each other. It’s a piece that is just such a pleasure to read out loud. A really well crafted piece!
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Thanks Howl. I really appreciate it!🙏
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Captivating!
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Thanks Aurora 🙏
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Wow. Ok I’m no poetry connoisseur or anything… but I recited this out loud and felt the rhythm and weight of syllables. And really liked it!
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Thank you very much! I’m enjoying your writing as well 🙏
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