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My Body Aches for the Ravens

October 13, 2014
By haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver


It’s impossible for me to promise
words when I don’t have any
that aren’t painful
shameful, afraid and
tearing me apart.

I can’t promise you words,
when I just have this feeling.
These birds are coming back,
waking up carefully,
dead in my bones.

Their beaks are fracturing my ribcage
and bruising my heart, because they’re
trying to sing. To fill voids of illogical quietude
caused by honesty and truth.

My heart might as well be made
of these birds, for all I care it’s
dying inside my chest, this blackened,
broken, beaten, crying mess.

Crying for words from you,
when I have no more to give.



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on Oct. 21 2014 at 12:49 pm
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

thank you both very much. with writing I think the most gratifying thing is knowing that the feelings that are poured into my work are validated; that they matter. Most importantly though, I write to help others. And I'm glad that you both appreciate my work. 

JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 20 2014 at 7:20 pm
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

This is truly amazing... There's so much meaning behind this, your word choice is beautiful and yet I understand it enough to really, really relate to it (does that make sense?) I abslutely love it :)

on Oct. 20 2014 at 10:45 am
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

I love this, haha. I love how it's wondefully written and that it just has so much, and how it has a tinge of sadness in it. Thank you so much, my friend! For sharing this. :) You have such a talent and greatness and light in you; haha, you're just amazing. Thank you, again!