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Array ( [sid] => 103345 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Cleanse Myself [time] => 2005-08-12 16:28:07 [hometext] => To often we hide what it is we truly are. If only we could live where we did not need to live up to another's expectations. Let us shed our cloaks and dance! Celebrate what you are, don't be afraid to live in the light! [bodytext] => Cold water falls,
From the sky above.
I step into its clutches
Cleanse me from all sin.

Eyes can’t look beyond,
What the skin conceals,
But I feel it burning,
Feeling from within.

The rain washes over me,
Cold, I can feel.
But it doesn’t bother me,
My heat meets its match.

A night dance,
Swirling rage,
Between the rain and me,
A flood a pure energy.

Looking up,
The dark sky,
Look, a soft blanket,
It comforts me.

Cleansing myself,
Dancing naked in the rain,
I am soaked,
But I do not feel cold.

I look up once more,
A last glance for luck,
I’m surprised I keep my eyes open,
For they are what burn now.

I recollect myself,
Remember who I am,
Try to feel myself
For now I wonder how.

Why is rain so cold?
Why do I feel alone?
I must wash my past away,
Cold chill is a small price.
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Cleanse Myself

Contributed by AshRayne on Friday, 12th August 2005 @ 04:28:07 PM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

Cold water falls,
From the sky above.
I step into its clutches
Cleanse me from all sin.

Eyes can’t look beyond,
What the skin conceals,
But I feel it burning,
Feeling from within.

The rain washes over me,
Cold, I can feel.
But it doesn’t bother me,
My heat meets its match.

A night dance,
Swirling rage,
Between the rain and me,
A flood a pure energy.

Looking up,
The dark sky,
Look, a soft blanket,
It comforts me.

Cleansing myself,
Dancing naked in the rain,
I am soaked,
But I do not feel cold.

I look up once more,
A last glance for luck,
I’m surprised I keep my eyes open,
For they are what burn now.

I recollect myself,
Remember who I am,
Try to feel myself
For now I wonder how.

Why is rain so cold?
Why do I feel alone?
I must wash my past away,
Cold chill is a small price.

Copyright Â© AshRayne ... [ 2005-08-12 16:28:07]
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Re: Cleanse Myself (User Rating: 1 )
by poet70 on Friday, 12th August 2005 @ 05:17:29 PM AEST
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this was a very interesting poem, I really liked it, but at the end your ryming kind of faded, but no real biggy, it still was a touching and moving poem.
Tammi

Re: Cleanse Myself (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 13th August 2005 @ 12:13:15 AM AEST
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Beautifuly presented in it's content and well

crafted effective in meaning i got lost in it, you

are a very good poet . . .

Ben

Re: Cleanse Myself (User Rating: 1 )
by Fionndruinne on Saturday, 13th August 2005 @ 11:55:22 PM AEST
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May we walk in the Light, indeed. I salute your message.

But it does feel a little like a tangent, like the poem doesn't quite match up with the expressed thoughts. In my perception, at least.

I do very much like those two last lines.

Keep it up!

Andrew

Re: Cleanse Myself (User Rating: 1 )
by justice on Tuesday, 25th October 2005 @ 03:02:09 PM AEST
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Nice job! A unique discription for the rain. I must applaud you effort. Loved the ending. If only the rain could wash the past away its cold chill would be a price too small to pay.

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