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Hollow

 

The layers of me, obstructing

The insurance, like parking violations,

A small nominal fee

 

I wither thinner

So I too can attend to a skin deep need

To be tallow and free

 

But with such substance aside,

Exposed and divulged,

I strain to lie comfortably,

hollow

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this in 2005 I think, on literally a paper towel. :-) Nothing painful about the desparate pain screaming to come out so that it didn't allow me enough time to even grab a notebook.

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©10 March 2014 - 8:21pm — missbliss
14 March 2014 - 3:26pm — 9inety
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I have read

all the poems you have written so far, you have a  great talent. I especially found this work "Hollow" to be very compelling. Your poems have a transcendence to realise some spiritual release. I have noticed that many people on the path to recovery seem to walk away feeling like somehow they did something wrong, that they are to blame. This  is a reaction to thier repressed emotions, and that it sometimes leads to great works of art and sad to say, way too much pain and heartache....
 
Keep writing sometimes it can help.

Peace

Dylan

"One of the best results of life, is the torment of love"

Dylan Eliot

14 March 2014 - 3:44pm — missbliss
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Wow... thank you for

Wow... thank you for commenting...there is something really satifying about hearing input.

 

It's true I used to feel an enormous amount of guilt and shame. Today I am free.

 

Thank you again Dylan!

Rai