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Familiar Quotations
by Melissa PantherThis is most peaceful,
Most profound
When I stand in your silence
And take in your stillness
You reach with your
Heart in hand
Pushing and pressing at shyness
Theres no strategy in my intensity
This is not kitchen table wisdom
Its raw and part of a larger memory
Forget still life and the black and blue
Its all in the first five pages
In the corridor, moments, moments
Slip and spill
There are particles of your soul
That long, live and would love
To feel it all entirely and to the end
Theres no mistaking
Stand or fall
12/17/2008 Posted on 12/18/2008
Copyright © 2025 Melissa Panther
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 12/19/08 at 04:17 AM I love the honesty that courses through this. Everything seems to be brought down to its essentials. Awesome stuff. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 12/27/08 at 09:17 PM I see the juxtaposition of shyness and intensity causing conflict but with an overwhelming desire to connect, to communicate. Poem is rich with analogy and description. |
| Posted by Michael Defries on 12/30/09 at 03:47 PM "part of a larger memory" Speaks volumes of volumes without speaking them. The title doesn't encompass the entirety of the piece. It's quite and evocative piece. Thanks for this. |
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