The Plain Truth

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I feel an all too familiar pain in my soul

As I look out through foggy glass surrounded by weathered pane

And realize that I will never be on top of anything

Not even if I take a plane to the stars

It is plain to me that my most troubled relationship

Has always been the one that I have with myself

~cie~

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/double-take-saturday-mix-6-march-2021/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-561

Write a "top" poem

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/03/weekly-scribblings-60-troubled.html

Write about a troubled relationship

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The Kids Are Allright - Covid 19

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In Dreams

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I'm recycling a poem originally published on 3 November 2020. Apologies for missing my appointed rounds during the last two weeks. I'm working on multiple projects including formatting my forthcoming poetry book, December Mood. 

I have finally been approved for disability. I now need to visit with an accountant and I need to call Medicaid. It would be just like the welfare system in the U.S. to screw me by proclaiming that I'm getting "too much money" from SSDI to continue getting Medicaid. The cutoff for Medicaid is $1100 a month and SSDI is going to be giving me $1300 per month. If I have to get insurance, the SSDI payment will be reduced to $900 per month because insurance is damn expensive. 

Anyway, here's the poem.

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in dreams you held me

I wish I'd never woken

beautiful nightmare

 

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day3

 

Today's prompt: 

Write a dream poem, a nightmare poem, or both.

This poem was inspired by my favorite Beyonce song, Sweet Dream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlxByc0-V40 

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Fear of Ultimate Darkness

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The bandage over David Bowie's eyes in the videos made shortly before his death symbolizes the fact that he does not know what comes next.

the question unasked

the answer, I admit, yes

I fear what comes next

who I am all comes apart

not that I was together

~cie~

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-january-20th-2021-special-death-poems/

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/01/16/opposing-forces-saturday-mix-16-january-2021/

notes if you need 'em

I'm a devout agnostic. I've seen some shit that leads me to believe that the personality continues to exist following the death of the body, but I can't say it with 100% certainty. It's not the kind of experiment you can recreate in a lab. 

I'm not religious. Religion is a human construct, and much of the time I feel that it is harmful. I believe that there are probably higher powers. I am not about to worship any of them that are so egotistical as to demand worship.

It would be easier if I could faithfully believe in a higher power that would take me to heaven when my soul passed from my body, but I simply cannot. 

I suppose the statement that I fear death is incorrect. I don't actually fear death. What I fear is oblivion. That is the uncensored truth.

Another truth is the fact that I adore David Bowie. Not in a romantic sense. I respect him too much for that sort of nonsense. I love him as an artist and a wonderful human being who changed the world for the better. I think he was an angel, perhaps literally.

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