The River

By Winterwords

Look...
see the river
it is full
full of all that can`t be said...

It runs red
red as life
that drips from weakened wrists
red as the wound
red as a night
when all was cut up small
- so that only red was left...

Watch...
watch the river swell
as faces wet with tears
that fall into the tide
look up
- with souls bare as a child`s
with hearts torn open, wide
to a colder, stone-wall sky...

Touch...
Feel the life
my heart beats...
shrouded...
in silence...

The river holds my heart...

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© 2007 Winterwords
Published on Wednesday, September 5, 2007.     Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"
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  • estherbell On Saturday, October 4, 2008, estherbell (52)By person wrote:

    I am drowning in this river.

  • NikesRain On Thursday, September 6, 2007, NikesRain (1240)By person wrote:

    flowing in minuet soft steps, yet brushed with a demure melancholy that twines about the heart and holds it suspended.... breakingly stunning

  • unspeakable truth On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, unspeakable truth (94)By person wrote:

    The words flowed on, my heart sank further...Wonderful write, love it... Scholar

  • A former member wrote: reminds me of Rumi~ love the soft reverberations.. .ness Scholar

  • Narcissa On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, Narcissa (391)By person wrote:

    What a bloody vivid poem! sad though. (What a comment! Sorry )

  • A former member wrote: sensational. literally.

  • thelostmessenger On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, thelostmessenger (110)By person wrote:

    oh. nice. loved it. *messenger

  • Alanarchy On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, Alanarchy (1168)By person wrote:

    Proverbial. is that a word?

  • blue On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, blue (1409)By person wrote:

    ~b

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