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The Dig
Up and down, pick striking ground,
The digging never ends.
Shoveling the hurt away like dirt,
What, truly, ever mends?
The treasure buried, a smile ferried
Long ago across the Styx…
Resilience lands, but blistered hands,
‘Top the woe such dream inflicts.
A lifelong quest, enough to test
The limits of resolve…
I yet dig on, my penance drawn
In watching dream dissolve.
Till foundation aches, and the soul quakes,
Raising that pick one more time…
With all strength held, still yet compelled
To gift voice to this mime.
And so I plunge into the grunge
Of emotion, infantile…
A man yet stirred by hope deferred
‘The ever elusive smile.
The world still turns— the soul still burns,
Eyes glow mad in the dark…
Ambition razed, I stand, unfazed,
Having not yet reached my mark.
The days pass long ‘twixt woe and wrong—
The nights nearing forever,
And still I dig… and dig… and dig.
There’ll be no stopping… ever!
Till bloodied palms and quaking psalms
In dark mist die away…
As the smile, unfound, curses the ground
Where the stricken soul lay.
Published 5th Jul 2015
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5th Jul 2015 9:23pm
maybe, put the pick down darlin'.. (peace)
You always hit your mark with strong poetry
like this, Michael-that I love. loud & clearly.
*huggs
~T
You always hit your mark with strong poetry
like this, Michael-that I love. loud & clearly.
*huggs
~T
5th Jul 2015 11:32pm
Think the poetry is just part of the diggin, hon. My shovel of choice if you will. Love you.
Michael
Michael
5th Jul 2015 10:48pm
5th Jul 2015 11:44pm
Thank you for stopping in, PoetSpeak. your reply means much. :)
Michael
Michael
5th Jul 2015 11:52pm
You have a remarkable sense of. Meter that really stands out and makes it very easy to read and enjoy your rhyme schemes. You also use metaphor individually and within the overall big picture of the poem that is very interesting and intelligent. Don't lose that!
JJ
JJ
6th Jul 2015 00:14am
Thank you JJ. Keeping a consistent theme throughout a rhyming piece is never an easy proposition. That you noticed that in particular brings a big smile to my face. Appreciate your in-depth compliment. Means much. :)
Michael
Michael
