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MESSAGES


There was a little old lady,
Cute a button and quiet as a mouse,
Her sky was very dark and shady,
I met her in a red brick house,
She had a complex story,
Not too many words but eyes with much to say,
She told me life will never be hunky-dory,
Her messages are forever with me from today,
There was an articulate man,
Full of wisdom to share as in a circle we sat,
His message made me see that yes I am strong and that yes I can,
While immersed in a deep chat,
There was a powerful drug,
 Forbidding real happiness while inducing inner fear,
Draining me dry like a blood sucking bug,
Determined to make its evil messages clear.

 

â—„ UNCONTROLABLE CIRCUMSTANCE

Comments

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Andy N

Fri 23rd Jan 2015 10:29

clever poem. Not sure however what has happened to the profile however (Not mine).

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Jackie Phillips

Thu 15th Jan 2015 10:48

A poem about messages that contains a message I think. I would love to know of the little old lady and the articulate man are actual people or metaphors for something else which held a message for you. For me, when I read this they were both my grandparents but also the old woman was nature, the articulate man was knowledge and the drug was commercialism.

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