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Poem Details
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| Title: | Sand |
| Author: | Avril Essler |
| Date Submitted: | 11/4/2009 |
| Email: | aressler@iinet.net.au |
| Poem: |
My mind has become a desert where nothing grows except fear and retribution, and tears of salt fall upon parched dunes swept by winds into meaningless forms. Visions of secret pacts which I cannot recall, and threats of punishments to be borne for revealing My Self and that which has brought me to the limits of reality. Why am I worthy only of my own extinction, a malignant cell in the body of the universe, how far is the journey to appeasement and when may I stop running? ... |