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an underground rebirth
can’t be reborn until you’re ready to die
we all tend to cling to the rung
can’t always trust what comes out of the sky
but trust that your song must be sung
demons can be awfully fearsome
dwell on our fate, replay the tape
but who could love a perfect person?
demons are ingredients for angel cake
when in need you wink at the answer
open yourself to who you should be
bop-walk there like a solid gold dancer
just don’t prowl around thirsty like me
it’s easy to give stellar advice
it’s very easy to talk it
i always need to remind myself twice
that i must actually walk it
to those here with me deep underground
you’ve given me acceptance
you’ve inspired me without a sound
ripples of ticklish perturbance
there’s joy in pain and that’s a hard one
smitten by the transcendental
i feel the joy, but i’m still on one
and the pain is instrumental
we all tend to cling to the rung
can’t always trust what comes out of the sky
but trust that your song must be sung
demons can be awfully fearsome
dwell on our fate, replay the tape
but who could love a perfect person?
demons are ingredients for angel cake
when in need you wink at the answer
open yourself to who you should be
bop-walk there like a solid gold dancer
just don’t prowl around thirsty like me
it’s easy to give stellar advice
it’s very easy to talk it
i always need to remind myself twice
that i must actually walk it
to those here with me deep underground
you’ve given me acceptance
you’ve inspired me without a sound
ripples of ticklish perturbance
there’s joy in pain and that’s a hard one
smitten by the transcendental
i feel the joy, but i’m still on one
and the pain is instrumental
Published 22nd Aug 2022
Author's Note
wounds as a roadmap to joy - inspired by deep underground poetry. i've been inspired by reading the depth of the expression here. i have to say that although i was raised catholic, this has little to do with anything formal. i'm bored by formal. the rebirth here is personal, not limited to any one faith.
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22nd Aug 2022 1:47am
22nd Aug 2022 4:09pm
22nd Aug 2022 3:28am
Pretty tightly written. The message is maintained very well throughout. It gives others kudos as well as a sense of hope.
I truly enjoyed reading this, it's well done.
I truly enjoyed reading this, it's well done.
22nd Aug 2022 4:15pm
there's joy in being understood! one goal with this piece was to remind other writers that their work is of vital importance. darkness and light don't exist without each other. the goal is to become whole, and shine.
22nd Aug 2022 1:17pm
When you have really felt the intense pain, when you have those feeling of joy it can be far more intense then it ever would have been otherwise. It's interesting how when you are ready to die it awakens something else inside that makes you want to live even more strongly sometimes. The sky often lies and the pit calls out the truth. Demon's are so adept at replaying those tapes holding you in your personal hell watching movies of your messed up life. As the angels stay silent... and you have to decide what to believe. Fight your Demons and make that angel cake. We can make it together... But I am glad you found yourself prowling around underground. Found myself prowling around here too somehow. And I really like it. :) Actions definitely speak louder than words. When words match actions that is the best but so often the words are completely opposite. 'there's joy in pain" I suppose if you go through enough of it, you find that you cannot live without it. And you grow in ways that would have never been possible without suffering. Even physical pain is such an intense feeling and emotion that can overpower mental pain at least for a short time. I know it's not for everyone but sometimes pain is instrumental. Really great write Neal, and welcome.
22nd Aug 2022 4:23pm
the most joyful part of pain is when you stop treating it as who you are. the pain of loss, the pain of rejection, whatever it is - it is not you. you are the one experiencing pain, and the journey into it is the reward. avoidance of darkness guarantees the light won't get in. i don't have faith in any stories about 'god,' i have faith that i personally have cosmic validity. starting from there, i can explore without fear what's been stuffed into my shadow.
24th Aug 2022 5:52am
24th Aug 2022 3:06pm
i've been influenced by reading the work here. i want to reach out and tell writers - it's vital to keep diving deep, to fearlessly share what they find down there. we're having our souls pulled out by dumb memes, and the antidote is truth. thanks for the kindness!
25th Aug 2022 4:41am
