rhymarhyma WRITERS’ MENTOR (500 + posts)
Posts : 549 Join date : 2011-08-11 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Poetical prisoner Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:51 am | |
| You are welcome in my heart
and you can hold me by the hand
but if you peek inside my mind
there's things you'd never understand...
Through the automatic motions goes the nomadic mime
tumbling face-forward to stay ahead of his climb
Misunderstood, as he's ahead of his time
Ahead of his mind...ahead of his rhyme
Crying, sighing, stumbling blind
his fingers moving rapidly towards words he's trying to find
but a sign-language rhyme doesn't rhyme when it's signed
A poetical prisoner trapped inside his own mind
The unspoken word his claim to fame
and charades is more than just a game
No one knows his sorrow, no one knows his shame
and no one knows his pain, for nobody knows his name
In a box, in a box...sometimes he's always in a box
In his heart he hears laughter, in his mind; heartfelt talks
Sadly-ever-after, he can't break those mental locks
that create a path of blocks and a garden full of rocks
The sun gets blotted out from the midnight sky
as blackbirds grin from perches high
A constant, quiet tear rolls down his eye
Say bye to the bad guy...bye to the sad guy
Au revoir, sad mime...fare thee well, we say
We feel better about ourselves by watching your display
You made the pain and the rain of our lives go away
if only for a moment...if only for a day
Through the winds of March, the mime marches on
He's long forgotten the face the paint is painted upon
He prepares tomorrow's sorrows to be played at dawn
In a world of kings and queens, the mime is merely a pawn
But this is now and that was then
Yesterday...or way back when
I won't go back there ever again
and I may be known to no other men
I don't know them, but I know me
and I know what it is that I want to be
so I cry to the heaven's "Lord, hear my plea"
"I am not of this world...and I long to be free"
I know not what tomorrow brings, nor what I'm searching for
but on this day the Lord has made, the mime will weep no more
A comedy of tragedies has kept me all alone
until I turned my voice to God above...to whom my name is known |
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oneagleswings ADMIN II
CCW GOLD MEMBER CCW SUPPORTER 2X POETRY CONTEST WINNER Posts : 4323 Age : 64 Join date : 2011-08-30 Location : south carolina
| Subject: Re: Poetical prisoner Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:55 am | |
| "Crying, sighing, stumbling blind
his fingers moving rapidly towards words he's trying to find
but a sign-language rhyme doesn't rhyme when it's signed
A poetical prisoner trapped inside his own mind"
Very strong visual on this!! |
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rhymarhyma WRITERS’ MENTOR (500 + posts)
Posts : 549 Join date : 2011-08-11 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Poetical prisoner Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:50 am | |
| Right on. Whenever I write about the mime, which is very rare, I'm havin' an extremely sad day, which is also very rare. When I was messin' my life up years ago, mime rhymes were the norm, but God has since given me voice, yo. Much love, my brotha. |
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Moni CCW EXPERT (351-400 posts)
CCW GOLD MEMBER Posts : 354 Age : 62 Join date : 2012-09-13 Location : Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
| Subject: Re: Poetical prisoner Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:26 am | |
| I was drawn in to the pain and sorrow and humor of the mime, and then to the HOPE!
Thanks for sharing!
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Lora SITE ADMINISTRATOR
Posts : 5907 Age : 53 Join date : 2011-07-26 Location : Southern CA
| Subject: Re: Poetical prisoner Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:36 pm | |
| Wow! I had to reread that one. I'm glad your mine only pays infrequent visits now, but, boy, does he produce great poetry! |
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