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Hear me read it

My bones are creaking.
I hear them gossiping while I sleep,
and they talk of me.
They call me maddened.

They say that the blackness,
the ravenous cave, has devoured me.
They talk of me,
as if I am not here. Am I?

This was my safe space,
I, cacooned
In the warmth of my own breath
Now it cages me.

My fingernails grow so long
That they pierce through the paper
and my eyes go wide to see
fragmented light once more.
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The amazing ~Alice-A asked me to write poetry to accompany her fashion show tonight, the show was called Unfold and was about escaping self made prisons. Both Alice and I experienced long periods of time when we felt safer in our homes, and frightened of the outside world. Recently we have both began to unfold and step out into the world, sometimes painfully, sometimes fearfully, but eventually, we hope, successfully.

The six parts of this poem show the transition from cocoon to flight.
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*rlkirkland Dec 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Engaging,
Congratulations on your DLD :party:
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`KathrynODriscoll Dec 19, 2012  Student Writer
grins, thank you so much!! Such an honour :D
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*TheDorsai Dec 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
This is absolutely evocative. I totally read it as a man, locked in a cave, trying to keep a journal of his last days, but finally losing his sanity as his body deteriorates.
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`KathrynODriscoll Dec 19, 2012  Student Writer
smiles, thank you so much for your thoughts. This poem was written to go along side a avante-garde fashion collection based on the movement from cocoon to butterfly, but only using those as metaphors. The artist and I both had spent many years in social isolation so we worked really well together and the resulting poetry and the set and the clothes were all very personal and emotional things that I am really proud to have been a part of.
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*TheDorsai Dec 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Oh I read the series. But this one stood out to me as almost a different style. As such, I could totally see it standing alone even without the rest.
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`KathrynODriscoll Dec 20, 2012  Student Writer
Nods, this is the stage I most relate to
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`KathrynODriscoll Dec 19, 2012  Student Writer
Gosh! Thank you so much!!
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`thetaoofchaos Dec 16, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
the first strophe is excellent in setting mood and tenor, and the transition into the second was also very satisfying. i think "fragmented light" could be improved upon in the last line, but overall, very good.
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`KathrynODriscoll Dec 18, 2012  Student Writer
Thanks, I'll think that over :D :rose: I really appreciate you taking the time to give such a thoughtful comment :}
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