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Ups and Downs
By Overactive Insomniac
And the rain falls
Pounding into the soiled pavement
Washing one puddle into another
Streamlets racing towards the raging underground torrents
Collecting fragments of those with little left to lose
One stands
Head raised
Sightless eyes begging to be cleansed
Blood mixed with tears
No longer burdened
Seen enough
Felt enough
Done enough
Never enough
Never again
Slowly
Sagging down
Hands cover the wounds
Too many
For others, too few
And the blood pours
Staining the glistening pavement
Washing from pool to pool
Red rivulets swirling in the water
Lost in the turbid muck
Prone
Sightless
Cold
Smiling
Enough
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© 2007 Overactive Insomniac
Published on Tuesday, January 9, 2007.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
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A former member wrote:
Every word on every line was powerfull. Like a car crash you shouldn't look at but have to see."Washing one puddle into another", hit a nerve with an old memory of mine..loved it
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