POEM: OUT OF TOUCH
OUT OF TOUCH I.
When she prods
She plans
To descend from distances
Too far to measure
When she speaks
She stands
Over those carrying
Bountiful bags of sand
When she talks
Feathers flee
With worry weights
From times gone by
As though suffering's past
Commutes the present pain
By tallying troubles
OUT OF TOUCH II.
You left letters in my room
And more letters throughout the house
You dreamed and told me a few
Stories fragmented by time
I rushed and overworked my pleas
And asked you to take your things
I closed my eyes just to finish off
Your fractional reverie
OUT OF TOUCH III.
In the land of milk
Honey drips
Cash outside
Bees bustle and brim
Combs drain on a watch
Whimkeepers coat their eyes
I am too poor to stare
For these wealth gushes
Throb my stomach all the more
I, unlike you, don't have the time
To walk out of the door
OUT OF TOUCH IV.
My comrades know
The disbelief I hold
As though the pain I carry
Is any less real
When you say "Worse could come."
And say "You barely suffer."
My comrades come
Like fire fragrances
And exigent embers
They sit on the charcoal
Hold the hearth hem
And smolder the stories
You've put out
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Excellent post dear friend @rubenalexander thank you very much for sharing this beautiful poem, I am passionate about poetry, luckily more and more people are uploading poems to the platform, congratulations for this beautiful poetry
Thank you. It is great to see you appreciate these words. I have been posting more to empty myself of routine and force a search for techniques used by older poets. Here are some words from Emily Dickinson that have recently moved me.
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