Only hope can end this war
that's been lit, here in my head
To find what I've been looking for
outside these walls of dread.
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Before the pages yellow
and the books are thrown away
When in self-pity, wallow
wasted years, as fragile clay
*
May I find the cherished wisdom
men of old, fought to acquire
The fortune of the kingdom
forged and fitted, by the fire
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Held apart from those more common
as a tool to rule and reign
The cost of feast or famine
the eager growth that comes from pain
*
To escape these bars of memory
inside my flesh and bone
a battle with the sensory
from a heart, turned into stone
*
The beats are getting weaker
as the moss begins to grow
The heart an open bleeder
for the ones that hoe the road
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (5)
Oh this was so emotional! You did a fantastic job on this poem!
This is awesome, very touching.
Kelli, given everything you've been through & knowing how you have labored fearlessly to hold it all together, you may be one of the strongest women I know. Your heart may feel like an open bleeder, but it bleeds out of love & compassion. That sort of bleeding does not make you weaker (though it may feel it), it is a powerful indicator of just how strong you are. And you have gained as much if not more hard-fought wisdom as anyone I know. You are a champion & appreciated more than you are likely to realize, & I just want to make sure that you hear that. Blessings, my friend. You are amazing & I hope that you can hear that.
Flows like a river. Well done!
Just beautiful. Well done.