poem: Note 3 Penned for a Friend at New Year's: The Lucky Ones

poem: Note 3 Penned for a Friend at New Year's: The Lucky Ones

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone
"

more things I cannot say out loud

"

Yes I agree-

   it IS God's work we do...

or at least, our own each approximation

       of what that is. Anyway.

as far as any of us

     can ever know,

              and I tell you-

we are the lucky ones;

      our path is carved in uphills,

   we carry swords carved of light

honed to points fine enough

      to pierce human hearts.

we hope. and that is what we give

              the world, together.

 

   And we know the cost of dedication,

       we have added and multiplied

the havoc wreaked from missed dinners

        the travails of loneliness,

    bad decisions, long sunsets

short mornings, angry moments.

 

We know that coming home and having no words

    sufficient to explain the heartbreak of

our day... that, constructs walls

       of harder stuff than mortar.

 

We reserve some hope for our own forgiveness, then-

 hope that the grace of knowing

we do touch boundaries of awareness,

   push them aside; transcend ignorance

  and hate and fear-

         can ever make it up. That there is,

    or at least can be,

balance in the retribution.

       We are lucky because we found

each other walking the same path,

           or close enough

               that differences do not mean

much, here, surrounded by volcanic power

                and ashen grace.

 

a stark approximation of truth,

   a microcosm of reality-

  watered gently by rains of compassion...

and that, just the beginning.

 

You say we stand, together,

 share the same breath-

     and I accept your offered commitment,

          verily, with open arms.

 Hoping my own life cost, though

          of doing so will not be

also my future generations, my world.

   I tell you, it will be hard

           to share a consummation of hope

with you, and not the rest

        that goes with it.

   How the hell can hearts beat so

         in synch,

without them desiring

       to declare some kind or other,

             of love? this world I think

can hold no greater maddening bliss,

        nor deeper torment.

    These are hells reserved only for

those who overreach.

 

and we are still the lucky ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



© 2013 Marie Anzalone


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Marie Anzalone
still hoping for rescue, still hoping for enlightenment, still searching for grace

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Wow, another one that I wonder for whom it is written. A soulmate who shares all the same passions and convictions, but yet not a declared love? And here I can see into your own passions and that you love where you are and what you do. Paths carved in uphills, touching boundaries of awareness... yes these self- appointed difficult paths when walked feel the most magnificent. Enlightenment is no easy achievement.
And the volcanic earth that breathes fire and then life... I feel that place in this poem as I have stood on the edges of fiery volcanic pits too, and it is there that I walked in my mind as I read this...

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Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

Despite the fact that I am a scientist, I believe that soul mates do exist, in the strictest sense o.. read more
Horizon K.

11 Years Ago

I am a scientist too, but I agree with you, there being many soulmates, and not all in the romantic .. read more



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Wow, another one that I wonder for whom it is written. A soulmate who shares all the same passions and convictions, but yet not a declared love? And here I can see into your own passions and that you love where you are and what you do. Paths carved in uphills, touching boundaries of awareness... yes these self- appointed difficult paths when walked feel the most magnificent. Enlightenment is no easy achievement.
And the volcanic earth that breathes fire and then life... I feel that place in this poem as I have stood on the edges of fiery volcanic pits too, and it is there that I walked in my mind as I read this...

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

Despite the fact that I am a scientist, I believe that soul mates do exist, in the strictest sense o.. read more
Horizon K.

11 Years Ago

I am a scientist too, but I agree with you, there being many soulmates, and not all in the romantic .. read more
yes, oh yes

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

mirrors can be soooo revealing :-)
Emily B

11 Years Ago

these were exactly the words i needed today
Some thoughts are easier written than spoken. I know I will read this many times, as it helps me with how to articulate what I want to say.

GG

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Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

I am glad it helped you, although I am really not sure just how articulate I even was in this one. S.. read more
That makes two of us, these letters have softened me of late, that can not be a very healthy thing for me ...but to relate on such a level, is just phenomenal poetry.

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Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

Softening is not a bad thing... maybe consider just yielding alittle more. I had to learn to surren.. read more
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Marie Anzalone

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Thanks, Delaney. I find that I start writing with a thought, often a single image... and am often su.. read more

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Xecaracoj, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala



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Bilingual (English and Spanish) poet, essayist, novelist, grant writer, editor, and technical writer working in Central America. "A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to ta.. more..

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