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true north

July 24, 2017 by Michael Guerin

there are words we hurl
against the fabric
of coal-
black night,
words that scaffold
our crumbling sensibilities
and designed to force
some equilibrium once more
into antiquated senses
of self
like limbs broken
or as a sailor too long at sea
walks drunkenly
from dock to shore
until his (or her) balance
gets restored.
and yet those oft-repeated
phrases too pale
and worn
do little to warm
a soul fed solely
on borrowed hand-me-down
notions and choked
full of memories
better off
let go.

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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beneath the waves
Found & Lost
Nature Speaks
still life
between black & white
mind & machine
world thru a window
Ghosts, Flames & Ashes

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