by Matthew Emmett Townsend
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August 4, 2006

Underground Poets

April 03, 2009 01:04 AM EDT
views: 38 | rating: 10/10 (8 votes) | comments: 11

Underground Poets

Copyright © July 2003
By Matthew E Townsend

Underground poets
Silent singers
Writing the music of our souls
Vibrations from the earth

Cavernous waves of sound
Buried deep underground
Struggling to come out
Seeping from the land

Openness of our hearts
Demands my open thoughts
sharing all I am
Hoping you'd understand

Closed up inside
We all have something we hide
but one day it will seen
What your lives truly mean

Yet flying free
I see my prison
Pulled from where I'd been hidden
Forever chained by thy derision

 

This I wrote years ago and found on a visit back to my parents... I shall share more of what I found and write more soon.

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Comments: 11

Kathryn E. Apr 3, 2009, 1:36am EDT
Great perspective on the mind of a young person vis a vis his parents and their world.
Matthew Emmett Townsend Apr 3, 2009, 1:37am EDT
Hey Kathryn ... interesting perspective... didn't think of it that way before...
Holly K. Apr 3, 2009, 1:47am EDT
Excellent!
Kimber F. Apr 3, 2009, 1:52am EDT
Well said and beautiful imagery. Thanks for sharing and peace
Nancy Biri Apr 3, 2009, 9:30am EDT
Very nice
Stacey (Jesus is coming soon! ) U. Apr 3, 2009, 7:45pm EDT
It's kind of cool to find things from the past.
Georgiana S. Apr 3, 2009, 10:42pm EDT
Don't you jsut love that? I found all sorts of writing when I went back to my old room in england!
Funny how, as we age, we become the derider rather than the object of derision!
Kushal Poddar Apr 3, 2009, 10:44pm EDT
This imagery is very near to home. Good one.

Her windows, her rooms
Jennine D. Apr 4, 2009, 7:27pm EDT
Great insight inside a young persons feelings
Matthew Emmett Townsend Apr 4, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
Um... was only 6 years younger... so um 36 when i wrote this... sorry if I confused anyone.
Bob B. Apr 6, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
It's good to hear from you Emmett. I hope you are well.

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