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The Sabbath MAG

November 3, 2010
By jlogan SILVER, Somerset, Kentucky
jlogan SILVER, Somerset, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. –Emerson


you're praying in my dreams again
like somehow your spirit is The Spirit,
your eyes The Eyes
(I always said you had the lips of a god)
your voice is that of an angel
and your scapulas are folding out of
your skin into

wings.
you're rubbing my flesh with your bones
and you're bleeding.
“the healing has started,” you say,
your hair a halo,
life billowing out of your mouth as smoke.
I'm breathing you in
and the light,
oh the light,
swallowing your thin body,
swallowing this moment,
swallowing the space between us with
one fuming gulp

then I wake,
open my eyes to an empty bed
(save the spirits)
and dark room.
I'm looking for my deity
but finding only a man,
pale man,
staring at me in glass
choking on his tears.


The author's comments:
My mother was speaking quickly, as she often does, and I could've sworn she said, "She was praying in my dream," but she claims she didn't. Either way, I'm glad that's what I understood because it lent itself to become a nice poem. Misunderstanding something can be a blessing. Or a curse.

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on Nov. 3 2011 at 3:13 pm
Metaphor SILVER, Falls Church, Virginia
5 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
The beauty of grace is that it make life not fair.

A fantastic story told here.  And perfect use of parenthesis. 

Lexie96 GOLD said...
on Nov. 3 2011 at 5:43 am
Lexie96 GOLD, Havana, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep, it's such a bitter form of refuge, oh don't you know the kingdom's under siege, and everbody needs you. - The Killers

This was a beautiful poem... wow, really great. I love the end, and it's well-written the entire way through! Congrats on getting in the magazine, this deserves it....

think you could check out my poems sometime?