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I saw my life,
after a time, as a polished piece of glass.
So many years toiling with towel
and rub;
Graining away a childhood
of rape, death and cockroaches;
a thousand rubs until smooth
as a windless summer pond,
the years sold, and I bought,
I looked at my fabrication and even believed
the land I rolled in was sweet and free.

Drugs and alcohol make terrific rags,
wonderful polishes.

But take them away,
and the glass is seen for what it is;
melted bits of larger rocks
beaten by time and man into something it is not. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 244 [topic] => 65 [informant] => invierno [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => toughstuff ) Your Poetry Dot Com - Melted Rocks


Melted Rocks
Date: Sunday, 18th June 2017 @ 01:12:24 AM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: invierno


I saw my life,
after a time, as a polished piece of glass.
So many years toiling with towel
and rub;
Graining away a childhood
of rape, death and cockroaches;
a thousand rubs until smooth
as a windless summer pond,
the years sold, and I bought,
I looked at my fabrication and even believed
the land I rolled in was sweet and free.

Drugs and alcohol make terrific rags,
wonderful polishes.

But take them away,
and the glass is seen for what it is;
melted bits of larger rocks
beaten by time and man into something it is not.

This poem is Copyright © invierno


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