I Forgive You, Dad

I wrote this poem after a friend of mine suggested that instead of moaning about all the injustices of my father, I should write a letter to him, forgiving him, maybe not even sending it. I write poems about strong feelings so I decided to do that instead. Whilst writing it I didn't really believe my words and she wouldn't last 5 minutes in a room with him, but, years later it has made me realise that his life is completely separate from mine, that his world is his and I am not responsible for it. To those people who this poem speaks to, we know each other well and it is dedicated to you. By the way, poetry takes longer to digest, it's like Stephen Fry says, you should savour the words like you would savour the taste and texture of individual pieces of chocolate.

I forgive you, Dad

This fault finding eye I inherited,
it must be gouged.
These instructions from friends,
they must be followed.
That picture where I'm separate from you,
it must be painted,
and the illusion believed.
This clued-up comment that my task is hard,
must be defied.
That 'you' I keep referring to
must conveniently be forgotten.
My image of a Daddy,
it must be deformed.
My delicacies that you made your business
must be reclaimed;-

emasculated stamens.
These crimes of which you are culpable
must be reduced to mistakes.
These hands around my anger's neck
they must be loosened,
so it can simply fall.

Your demons and your fears,
my friends these long years,
arrive and follow you away.
I wave a hanky at their fuzzy tails.

This speech of parents and the past
it must be muted.
Those words of normalcy,
oh those words of normalcy,
they will be spoken after all -
my smile the brightening of a field.....

....... a field.........

I forgive you Dad,
I forgive you Baba,
for being unhappy.

Yasemin
http://www.brevityroux.wordpress.com

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You and Me

I think of you.
I dream of you.
I need you.
I want you.
I feel you.
I see you.
I smell you.
I hear you.
And now that you're not here,
I've realized I don't like you.
I love you.
I can feel your breath on my skin.
I can hear your voice in my head.
I can see your eyes gazing at me.
I can smell the scent of your skin.
I can imagine your heart,
beating in synche with mine,
I wish it was just you and me,
how it used to be.

Emily Straka

I Heard a Worm Cry Today

I heard a Worm cry today

I don't know

Beneath my solid window sane

In undulating moans of pain

With no possible benefit of gain

I don't know

'They' say worms don't cry

I don't know

I wonder why

IF worms don't cry

How I heard the wail

Riding on the winded gale


I don't know

I could have been mistaken

I don't know

I suppose I could be faking

I don't know

My mind has been more blurred

Stranger things have occurred

I don't know

A clear sad pitch of such disturbing shrill

I don't know

Did he die or did he kill

I don't know

An unmistakable sound of resolve

Who else did the little one involve

Caught up in his unrequited dissolve

I don't know

In all the world was it he

I don't know

Who made a sound I could not see

I don't know

Had I been blind

I would know

More words to say of how it feels

Groping in a world of spinning wheels

A valiant attempt to conceal

I don't know

How sacred is their plight

I don't know

In the middle of the night

I don't know

When all others close their eyes

As a means to disguise

The futile need to be wise

I don't know

I heard a worm cry today

The earth shook below the ground

For all the reasons that won't be found

He moved the universe round and round

I don't know

I heard a worm cry today

I have a BS in Communication with a MA in Art Education. I am an Executive Cosmic Therapist, artist, entertainer, singer/songwriter, musician, composer, playwright, perfumer, professional astrologer, tarot consultant, Numerologist, author, teacher, speaker, poet and self-taught chef.

I am also the creator/ host of the entertainingly popular MODE Of Cosmic Therapy Hour television show. [Currently on air in Raleigh and Asheville North Carolina] In addition, I am the Founder/Director/C.E.O. of M.O.D.E International School of Esoteric Arts and Sciences.

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