Another Letter, Another Night

By cre

Again the inky black
surrounding me like a no-longer-useful
mechanism of defense
Yet now I lay bolstered
by the rigid walls
of
a letter previously scribed
And tonight the bed is fertile
and the moment lies
in quiet wait
for a new letter on another night.

I am pushed by rising fury
hatred seething, screaming
and I always knew that dreaming
was something just for fools.

The frailty has broken
and all is bleeding
in some unseen disgrace
laughter in the corner
smiling brazen somehow daring
to look it in the face.

And after all,
for all pretence
of something more contrite . . .

It's just another letter
on another dying night.

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Copyright 2003 cre
Published on Saturday, August 2, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • BoldSolitude On Monday, April 5, 2004, BoldSolitude (214)By person wrote:

    The first three lines caught my attention immediately. Writing is essentially a defense mechanism as I see it. But like you portrayed sometimes it's just another.....

  • Six-Out On Sunday, August 3, 2003, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    When I can say something to comment on this, I will come back and do so. Right now, I'm speachless.

  • Clementine On Saturday, August 2, 2003, Clementine (121)By person wrote:

    Personally, I found this to capture the sickening repetition of negative emotion that we capture and pour through our scribblings. Will there ever be a time for some of us to move on? As always Cre, thanks for sharing ~o wait that was his thought....damm

  • Midnight Phoenix On Saturday, August 2, 2003, Midnight Phoenix (240)By person wrote:

    Personally, I found this to capture the sickening repetition of negative emotion that we capture and pour through our scribblings. Will there ever be a time for some of us to move on? As always Cre, thanks for sharing.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Saturday, August 2, 2003, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    nice write..


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