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The truth hurts May 6, 2012

 



I misread your poem

About truthing

And pissed you off,

A violent act

As truth-seeking

Always is,

As painful as birth

And sometimes death

Yet satisfying

For those

Who hunger for it,

A potent as love

Or lust

The marrow of

Our bodies

Pumping out

The blood we need

To survive,

We feed off it

Like vampires

Without it

We diminish,

Turn to dust,

This is the truest

Thing I love about you,

Your need to go

Deep to the core

Even if it causes

You pain,

Without it

Life has no meaning,

And we might

Live life numb,

In that limbo

Into which

We relegate

Cats and dogs,

Who fight over

The left over bones

Or the carcasses

Of vermin,

Feeding our bodies

But not our souls,

And I regret

Not seeing this

At first,

Perhaps, I am

Lucky to have seen it at all.


email to Al Sullivan

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