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Array ( [sid] => 185622 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Rattling Cages [time] => 2018-11-19 10:09:13 [hometext] => [bodytext] => all these fears that I`ve shelved
and thoughts I`ll never tell
rattle in their cages
when I`m reaching for empty spaces

I keep losing my balance
in the quiet of your absence

peace I`ve cultivated
becomes dissipated
the calm before the storm
gives way to howling winds at my door

I keep getting uprooted
by my own mind, so convoluted

your love makes me so still
feet on the earth until
you are out of my reach
then my head fills with words I can`t speak

they`re just echoes of the past
hurts I have hushed and long surpassed [comments] => 4 [counter] => 136 [topic] => 48 [informant] => MoonlitAngel [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )

Rattling Cages

Contributed by MoonlitAngel on Monday, 19th November 2018 @ 10:09:13 AM in AEST
Topic: EmotionalPoetry

all these fears that I`ve shelved
and thoughts I`ll never tell
rattle in their cages
when I`m reaching for empty spaces

I keep losing my balance
in the quiet of your absence

peace I`ve cultivated
becomes dissipated
the calm before the storm
gives way to howling winds at my door

I keep getting uprooted
by my own mind, so convoluted

your love makes me so still
feet on the earth until
you are out of my reach
then my head fills with words I can`t speak

they`re just echoes of the past
hurts I have hushed and long surpassed

Copyright © MoonlitAngel ... [ 2018-11-19 10:09:13]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Rattling Cages (User Rating: 1 )
by softerware on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 @ 12:17:48 AM AEST
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You describe that dizzy feeling of not being able to stay focused when we are preoccupied with a memory that won/'/t go away. As you call them, ECHOS OF THE PAST.
It is difficult to find shelf space for memories of love. Perhaps if we purposefully dwelled on all the things we disliked, the memory would evaporate.
But of course, we don/'/t. And that is why lost love always looks better than it ever really was.
softerware

Re: Rattling Cages (User Rating: 1 )
by allforyou on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 @ 01:52:58 AM AEST
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Love that ending though. I can`t even describe how much I feel those words rn. And "I keep losing my balance in the quiet of your absence" ....just...yes

:o)

Re: Rattling Cages (User Rating: 1 )
by Invierno on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 @ 01:59:13 PM AEST
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Wonderfully descriptive.

Invierno

Re: Rattling Cages (User Rating: 1 )
by nightwolf on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 @ 07:24:27 PM AEST
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Strong and beautiful. Great write

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