be gone...laughing in the wind

after having been read rights... dawns realization

I should go where you tread

recollecting how we have pressed strong together

bucked at debris from shifting tempest's

that doubled back like boomerangs

generated angered storms...startin' stuff

we have detoured and rode rough in arms

we have been the resistance

we have verily rolled... with a warning

thrown down scepter and promised adversity

that dared to step over and we said, "let us play"

prayers rained undaunted by our short comings

ready to toss digs before jabs and blows

could have took hostages and thrown up frames

instead cracking faces with veracity... fairness of mind

held our bodies in length against the spine

in the middle of madness                      

who has kept us enforced dragged to reason

when to apply calm but us through the LAWD... O Lawd

and I should follow… through gentil or wrong

seeing past the disenfranchise

unmitigated ignorant judgment

carry on... reading rights in like

planning to share the climax

to toil with you therein my reward

delivering Almighty's answers

and discover...again

 

Author's Note

image- American sign language painting by Eloise Schneider called "Friends"

Reviews

[Jumbo J]

I don't know if it's just me, but it's if like you wrote this poem to welcome me back into the fold... you got some kind of voodoo black magic powers or something? smile)))))))))))).

Yeah, this is what I've been missin', depth within a brilliant mind... someone who strives for every meaning in-between, not just around the edges... seen your boomerang spinning past my dream-time... just had to follow it. JJ xx

P.S. WHAT UP WITH THIS RATING... out of a hundred... what the?

[kublakhan27]

I am the first to admit that reviewing is not one of my strong skills, at least in terms of trying to tap into the writer's vision...I don't know if I'm close here but the predominant theme for me was forbidden love that boils over into full-blown, maybe even self-destructive rebellion. But I also see that friends are the theme you offer with this work, so I'm probably off the mark as I usually am haha But I love the depth of these characters, especially the speaker. One of the reasons my work is so confessional is because I struggle with creating characters...I write in good faith, just hoping that someone will relate to me on a literal basis...sometimes it does happen, but I rarely get a sufficient numbers of reviews for my work, which would suggest that most people don't relate to me and I wonder if I'm doing more than passing the time around here. But your work is incredible and thoughtful, and I could never remove myself from that. Great work Shirlena :)

[Shirlena]

I think that you should never doubt your heart which is what you write and those who know how to think outside of their own shadows will get your work, some people can't or refuse to see past what they know or their own taste...that's boring and being stuck. You are not. I don't get a lot of reviews either but I'll be you get a lot of reads...it's jealously Kubla. I've been writing in forums for along time and when someone as creative and eclectic as you writes and people don't read or when they do they wanna act like you're strange...theirs a twinge if not all out jealousy there. Don't listen to them...listen to you. Your writing is magnificent and don't ever let anyone make you doubt it...not even you :)

[kublakhan27]

You understand me very well my friend...I've never gotten a great deal of reviews, and even my reading numbers have gone down (they used to be fairly high)...I understand what you mean by jealousy...I'm as guilty of it as anyone, yet I still try to review as many others as I can...but no matter, I'm just happy and grateful for the support I do get from you and a few others...I guess you could say I have a cult following here haha With your exception, I don't gain a whole lot of new readers as time goes on. Your kind words mean everything...if not for such statements of support, I would have been out of here a long time ago :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

My dahling you have bombarded my mind with so much thinking this morning.Friends should be with us and have our backs in times of happiness as well as strife :)

[Shirlena]

So true dahling so true...and thanks for reading. I haven't forgotten about you. Just haven't gotten around to everybody yet:).

[Vidya Bacchus]

No worries my friend .You are welcome :)

[Frieda P]

I'm reading religious undertones, and perhaps war, or heaven and hell, same difference! A thought provoking tempest, you know how to stir the gray cells my friend!

[Shirlena]

Yeah I tried to keep the religious thoughts minimal but for the most part highlight having someone that supports you as you support them and trusting them as you would yourself. A friend like this is rare but if you had them would follow them anywhere and vice versa. Thanks for reading Frieda.

[Sami Khalil]

"fairness of mind

held our bodies in length against the spine

in the middle of madness

who has kept us enforced dragged to reason

when to apply calm but us through"

A mind blowing poem in all fairness. Friends are entwined together for the good and bad, in peace and war. They have rights and rewards. They have reasons not to judge. Excellent...:)........................

[Shirlena]

Thank you Sam but not as mine blowing as the stuff you wrote today. You wrote so good I started shaking lol.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. You shake me and us too. You are welcome...:)................

[Shirlena]

Aww youre sweet. Thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

:)......................