Unclothe Our Heart
©2012, Olan L. Smith
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Upon this pinnacle we stand,
Continuous struggles to achieve;
Wounds we wear for life’s demand
Existence offers no reprieve,
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Negative thoughts are evil’s den,
Anxieties venomous fangs denigrate,
Our soul’s blood delivers a piercing omen;
Future failures floodgate?
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Poison’s vinegar oozes from every pore,
Coincidence? Grasping edges
In time we envisioned life as more
And palpitations educe a moment’s dredge.
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Deep within oceans floor are sediments we ignore,
Stratum’s barbed memories veiled in shadowed wedges,
Buttresses events craft contour;
Our upward arching essence creates cruxes.
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We achieve; we regret a constant wavering
To and fro, a gale ensues toppling us from our perch begrudged
And on bended knee we plead end this eternal wading
Through murky bogs of doubt soiled and smudged.
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Journey Home
PoetryJourney Home c.2013, Olan L. Smith Journey Home is a collection of poems that is a personal search for my spiritual home. I go about this search with the tools of poetry using the English language as my map. Love, peace and freedom, Olan L. Smith
