Burned Out
after reading The Noonday Demon
The mind needs a trigger
to let go; the body never fails
to let you know how one is
bound entirely to the other.
Identity gets lost in the house
left abandoned, windows cracked
and the light inside burned out.
© 2013 Maureen E. Doallas
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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7 comments:
So descriptive.
really enjoy this piece!
Those last three lines are really powerful. Enjoyed your poem.
trigger finger lift
one
two
three
poke the pudding
four
five
six
to the tongue
seven
eight
nine
and again...
I recognize a friend in these words - she has "abandoned" herself - She is mentally not well - and pills only do so much good - as long as she takes them. I fear it will not turn out well - she has already lost her family (she left them….)
"in the house left abandoned"
love this...
We feel fatigue in many different places, don't we. Interesting that "identity" is the thing that gets lost here, the self that we recognize.
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