Pain is Never an Option
Pain Is Never An Option
(On Close Ties)
breath
choked
at
realization’s
dawn
of
yesterday’s
frittered
possibilities
Culturally
Enslaved
Accepted
Proffered
Platter
To
Forge
Lifelong
tie
Instead
Of
Self
serve
Mind
Dominated
Mind
Enervating
Fighting
spirit
Self
preservation
hibernated
in
inner
soul’s
sanctuary
biding
time
weeping
at
this
travesty
of
well-
meant
partnership
entered
into
with
childlike
trusting
eyes
single
pair
of
hands
made
of
tempered
steel
steered
helm
of
joint
craft
changing
equations
drastically
dreams
shattered
into
smithereens
each
broken
sliver
sparkling
with
unshed
Saline
Rivers
Mocking
Rainbows
of
What
Could’ve
Been
All
Matters
Do
Matter
Mind
Conceded
Pain
is
Never
an
Option
Originally Published: November 30, 2011
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Venting
Vents
are my
Lifeline
as
Perfidious
breaths
Hold me
hostage
Each
inhale
Every
exhale
Is
a
costly
Event
Venting
is not
an
Out
I turn
Events
On their
head
Making
bitter
pills
tolerably
Palatable
For
grudging
nibbles
grudges
not
entertained
here
Originally Published: November 29, 2011
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Four Fragrant Tercets (3 liners)
blood red bud
full bodied
promise
Hope seeded
misty eyes
dazzled
Love’s nectar
Once tasted
Everlasting transformation
Arrival
At heart of matter
Satisfaction
Originally Published: November 28, 2011
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Denials
Denials
(letting cat out of the bag)
Coffers
Overflowed
Unacknowledged
Spunk
anguished
In therapy
Time ripe
To let go
Retained
Painful
Extractions
Faced stoically
Lightened
Heart pirouetted
spiritedly
Originally Published: November 19, 2011
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On Passing
water flowing under bridge
she keeps count
in obits
late sister’s vest
warms body
spirit
Originally Published: November 19, 2011
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