I don’t want to be trapped
On the pages I’ve written
A place where old scribbles
Stare back in taunting rhyme
Or be buried and entombed
With the regrets collected
Stained mosaic memories
Reminding me of places
I had once been confined
I don’t want to be consumed
By the heartbreak or deceit
Spawned by the daring devils
Cavorting at my feet
By the broad leather straps
Restricting my thoughts
To spoiled worn-out spaces
Condemning me fully
To once upon a time
I poured temptation out
And tears streaked silent
As the inky black restraints
Swirled down the drain
Drowning all the old stories
I couldn’t seem to forget
Reminders of fight
Reminders of flight
Reminders of… not right
I set all the dried ink on fire
And watched until fading flames
Turn to ashes on the table
And in the swirling smoke
Old names
Twisted and flowed free
Taking my breath away
Leaving no words left to speak
And lifting my soul off the pages
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THE APOSTLE PAUL PUT IT…IN THE NEW TEWTAMENT, AS FORGETTING THOSE THINGS BEHIND AND REACHING FORWARD (a rough paraphrase of Philippians 3:13) I regularly rip up my old stuff.
Your soul now freed, you soar into the sky
Release indeed from pen and ink, and I
Will watch you fly into the sun
And cherish inky fingerprints
Which you left on my heart
Before the purge
Begun.
HASTYWORDS 
***As the inky black restraints
Swirled down the drain
Drowning all the old stories***
lovely. x
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
THE APOSTLE PAUL PUT IT…IN THE NEW TEWTAMENT, AS FORGETTING THOSE THINGS BEHIND AND REACHING FORWARD (a rough paraphrase of Philippians 3:13) I regularly rip up my old stuff.
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Every day is a new one…otherwise, who has the room??? 🙂
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oh wow! ❤
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Yeah!!! 🙂
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Your soul now freed, you soar into the sky
Release indeed from pen and ink, and I
Will watch you fly into the sun
And cherish inky fingerprints
Which you left on my heart
Before the purge
Begun.
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I love when you get poetic with me 🙂
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As I’ve said before, my dear – you inspire me 🙂
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Beautiful! 😉
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Gorgeous word weaving…as always.. ❤
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