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Sound Doctrine

January 19, 2013
By Snowlavenderturtle SILVER, Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"The horror! The horror!" -- Joseph Conrad

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Space between separate worlds
Different tongues mumbling the same line
Time passes one at a time
Waiting—words fall flat
Lost in translation.

Eyes pinned on one mind

Whose hearts—uniting separate worlds
Understanding the same line
Aching—one at a time
Harsh—lives fall flat
Found in transcription.

Eyes pinned on one mind

The mind—resurrecting
Demeaning—dividing
Mutating our separate worlds
Twisting our mouths to the same line
Time—defined one at a time
Lights—fall flat

Lost in salvation.

© Brad B., Colorado Springs, CO

The author's comments:
I play on the multiple definition of words in this poem. This is a poem that should be analyzed and deconstructed to be fully understood.
My abstract poem form is intentional.
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