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Please, maybe, no.

7/24/2014

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I tipped my hand. I never was a good Poker player.

We'll see.
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Partial Disclosure

7/24/2014

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Thursday 7.24.14 B

It has been pointed out to me that I have not disclosed enough details for any of my Poetic Posts to make sense.

Here goes…

I guess I failed to mention that my Mafia Handyman moved in with me.

That’s all for now. Read back a little, and maybe it will make sense to you. Or not. It doesn’t to me. Not really. But kind of. Sorta.

When I stop long enough, actually, to think about, which I CANNOT, it all makes sense.

Sorta.

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Striving for Mindlessness

7/24/2014

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Thursday 7.24.14

I wish I could unplug my brain.

No work at work to distract me, so I took a mental health day. I am sick, after all, sick with grief. And if I can’t be distracted anyway, I’d rather be home, where I am free to lose control. Or, maybe, I knew he’d be here, and I could force the deadline, exercise some control over the inevitable, even before the possibility of final resolution/dissolution, a “meeting” scheduled for Saturday evening. I don’t know if he does, but I have an agenda.

I managed to last 30 minutes at work before the tears came. The tears have been there on the periphery for days, weeks, maybe months, waiting for me to relinquish control, held back, ignored, unacknowledged by anger, resentment, disappointment, disillusionment. And once they started, they would not stop. The dam has been blocked for too long.

I guess the mourning process has begun. Seven stages, is it? Anger. Denial. Acceptance. Is it only 3 stages? Don’t know, don’t care. Sadness?

Loss.

What am I mourning? There was never anything there, nothing real. All in my head, my heart.

Hope. Expectation. Surprise. Adventure. Change. Connection.

Now, realization. And the daunting task of starting over. Somewhere else. That, I knew a long time ago (and have come to accept??? again, recently), was inevitable. As always, though, I wanted it to be on my timetable, my terms.

But it – life – rarely is, right?

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Sleepless in Misery (Missouri)

7/23/2014

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Wednesday 7.23.14

One day, conflict
One day, resolution
One day, wait
One day, wonder

Days on end
Endless days.
Even after nightfall,
Especially after nightfall.

Sleepless dreams of dreams,
Wakeful expectations,
Promises made and not kept,
Tears waiting to be wept.

Sleep deprived
With hope instilled.
Emotions churning
My heart waits to be filled.

A new world ahead -
As a matter of survival,
Holding my breath
Awaiting revival.

Curious of lessons
I am supposed to be learning…
Focus on enlightenment
Break free from the yearning.

I shall emerge
More able and strong.
I will hang on
For ever how long.
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Today’s Burning Question

7/19/2014

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Saturday 7/19.14

After waiting so long
and then,
finally
trying to light the fire,
how does one put it out?

Fire is beautiful.
Fire is scary.

I try to move the big burning logs
to the side.
Away.

Let them smolder and die.

But the little baby embers
persist.

I put on the fire screen
and walk away.

Yet the fire still burns
even while I don’t look at it,
while I don’t feel the heat
the energy
the flame.

I wrap myself in a blanket,
away from the fire,
away,
so in need of warmth.

Die
while the flames live

alive
yet again.

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Oxymorons on Steroids

7/16/2014

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Wednesday 7.16.14

Fractured but not broken.
Bruised but not bleeding.
Burdened yet enlightened.
Asleep yet aware.

Tethered yet free.
Anchored yet weightless.
Unstable yet grounded.
Fuzzy yet focused.

Exhausted yet energized.
Breathless yet oxygenized.
Frightened yet fearless.
Fearful yet eager.

Destroyed yet hopeful.
Devastated yet joyful.
Tortured while teased.
Teased while tortured.

Mad as a hatter.
Never happier.
Falling as I rise.
Rising as I fall.

Moving at a snail's pace
running as fast as I can.


Deaf
with music in my ears.

Queen.
Pawn.

Fully evolved
Embryo.

Setting sail for adventure
Compass pointed…where?
Adventure of a lifetime,
No hurry to get there.

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By the way...

7/12/2014

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I've lost 11 pounds in 11 days. One hell of a way to go on a diet.
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Standing on the precipice...how far over can I lean?

7/12/2014

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Saturday, 7.12.14

When you eat, sleep and drink

from another person’s well

for eight days straight,

it’s bound to become complicated.

And intoxicating.

The question that remains is:

Is the well poisonous?...

And how strong is my immune system?

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7.1.14 For Poetry Lovers Only

7/1/2014

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Tuesday 7.1.14

Fire.

You
light a fire.
I am
a-fire.

The match barely touches the kindling
and I need to back away from the flame.

Burn down the walls
concrete and all.
I’ve spent years to erect them
fearing rejection.

That’s not true,
not true at all.
A lie I am telling:
I ne’er put out a call.

I ne’er even ventured
to feel the warmth of an ember.
Safe, tucked away,
Tried not to remember.

You
lit a fire.
I am
A-fire.

Let me dance again, among the flames.
Danger, life, and freedom await within.
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