To Give Up

October 30, 2009 11:40 PM EDT

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To give up on love is to die

Slowly from the inside out

Like the old stories

Of people cursed

Turning to stone

10/30/2009 11:33 PM

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Comments: 8

Dano C. Oct 31, 2009, 12:28am EDT

Sitting rigid in his chair,
his catatonic eyes stare forward.
Does he see me here,
ever vying
for just a spark of recognition?

What thoughts now cross his mind?
Does he have a glazed vision of us?
Or has he drawn so far inward
that he sleeps upright, with his eyes open?

Will he ever return,
or is he on a soul's journey within?

John Doyle Oct 31, 2009, 4:58pm EDT

I'm sorry. I don't understand your comment

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MrsRoad Runner Oct 31, 2009, 8:14am EDT

Yes, agree!

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Ann M. (Site Scryer) Oct 31, 2009, 10:50am EDT

Wonderful and true metaphor, John. Infants deprived of love fail to grow and thrive.

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Adrian Eve Revenaugh Oct 31, 2009, 4:43pm EDT

Exploring the love of many flavors opens vast terrain. Both to give from and receive.

My angel birch is singing loudly today in a stark northerly wind. It's like an old time radio tower; a transmitter out. Beaming lots your way from the homestead Bard. Happy Halloween!