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I’ve lived in the Dark-
For half of my Life,
Shifting around the corners;
Letting the spiders weave on me.
While Watching the ventilator,
Staring at that streak-
I realized how the dust traveled,
Despite the size of that creek..!!
My agonies have already-
Broken me into pieces;
Collecting all the shards,
I flew out bit by bit.
Upon stepping out, In place of rains,
I found myself standing in a harsh sunny noon.
Coming in contact with the open air,
The stink left; the one that was rotting my being.
With broken Chains still attached as anklets,
They clank aloud with every beat..
I am letting them do the music for me-
Dancing the shackles, with my dancing feet.
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Related Post- I am the Dancing Queen
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Olivia's In- Mind Whirls.. 
Oct 01, 2010 @ 09:20:19
Olivia, Your words and beautiful and sad… Liked reading this one… thanks for sharing
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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Oct 01, 2010 @ 09:44:11
Dear Shashi, Thanks again.. Glad you liked it…. 😀
xox
Oct 01, 2010 @ 06:09:52
Thanks for the support,
See you next Monday….
take god care.
xox
Oct 01, 2010 @ 09:42:25
Anytime Ji.. he pleasures all mine.. waiting eagerly to meet you….. 😀 xoxox
Sep 30, 2010 @ 16:11:23
Hello, Olivia!
You’ve made a lot of noise with this one. Well-described!
I love it when I can hear someone’s vision.
Dance away, and I’ll beat it 😉
Sep 30, 2010 @ 16:30:56
Thanks a very big bunch UT.. 🙂 Glad you appreciated it.. 😀 Thanks.. 😀
Sep 30, 2010 @ 05:49:43
Dance ’til the shackles fall off Olivia!
Hugs from a friend xoxo
Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:45:41
Of yeah..!! I am doing that… 😀 Loads of hugs and kisses to you too.. xoxox
Sep 29, 2010 @ 17:18:53
Crikey, what an amazing poem; very strong and emotional. I love it.
Sep 29, 2010 @ 18:58:02
Thanks My Penny Friend.. Loved your walk around.. 😀 xoxox
Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:18:38
That last line is just incredible! There is such a contrast between shackles and dancing, but you make it into a celebration.
Mine is here. http://razzamadazzle.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/when-i-leave-my-body/
Sep 29, 2010 @ 11:00:47
Yeah Teresa Dear.. that was the intent.. Thank you. I am glad you appreciated it.. 🙂 Here- I come to your Blog now.. xoxox
Sep 29, 2010 @ 01:26:11
Poignant and powerful poem. I’m so glad I found your blog, will keep coming back.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
loveNlight
Gabi
Sep 29, 2010 @ 10:59:42
Gabi Dear,
You are so welcome.. Thankyou for your words.. 🙂 We’ll definitely keep knocking at each other at Potlucks if not otherwise.. 😀
Love
xox
Sep 28, 2010 @ 19:05:02
sad and beautiful poem. very thought provoking….
the last stanza, in particular, was amazing…
Sep 28, 2010 @ 19:31:24
Thankyou Reetam.. This happens to be my Biopic Log- I mean this is how I see myself as.. 😀
Sep 28, 2010 @ 12:09:10
Phhheeww.. that was heavy stuff! And damn good! The weight of those chains (and I mean figuratively) comes bearing down on one’s soul indeed!!
The last stanza was deadly and powerful!
Superbly written, Liv!! And so so so apt for this week’s theme at Poetry Potluck!!! Thank youuuuuuuuuu!!! mwaahhzz!
Sep 28, 2010 @ 12:23:57
Kavz, you sure know how to pamper me- don’t you? ROAR (I am a Leo..!!) LOLsss
Thankyou for stopping by Darling. Yeah the chains are surely heavy but I am not stopping. I wish to break them by tapping them against the floor. 😀
Love you sweets..
mwaah xox
Sep 28, 2010 @ 12:28:24
Break ’em damned chains!! Soar high … 😉
Sep 28, 2010 @ 14:34:50
WOWIE.. I sure will.. with friends like you around- I will..!! 😀
xox
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:44:25
…I’ve lived in the Dark-
For half of my Life,
Shifting around the corners;
Letting the spiders weave on me…
…letting the spiders weave on me…vivid line…dance on Queen…dance on. 🙂
Sep 28, 2010 @ 14:35:45
Oh yeah- I am dancing alrite.. with all of you here- I am for sure 😀
xox
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:25:14
Great work Olivia, and the message is important. Thanks for sharing this 🙂
Sep 28, 2010 @ 14:36:11
Hey Thank you for visiting me- Loads of Love xox
Sep 28, 2010 @ 03:48:44
Dance, it seems, is a metaphor for so much in your life. Beautifully put together!
My potluck is here: http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/week-68/
Sep 29, 2010 @ 11:08:04
Thankyou Darling.. 😀
xxx
Sep 28, 2010 @ 01:39:45
dancing in the shackles is powerful imagery…very nice.
Sep 29, 2010 @ 11:08:54
Thanks Brian- I’m letting those shackles beat around and do the music for me..
Sep 28, 2010 @ 00:10:14
a beautiful yet different perspective..
powerful flow.
lovely poetry work.
Sep 29, 2010 @ 11:09:27
Thanks Ji… 😀
xox
Sep 27, 2010 @ 21:30:33
After reading the back story, this made the poem even more enlightening…and more admirable. To dance, even while constricted, is actually a beautiful gift to a soul.
Sep 27, 2010 @ 22:43:43
Thank you Dear Talon- I so appreciate your reading so close.. 🙂
Yes, I am currently in a state to learn the art of dancing even while being constricted.. I wish to master the art well and soon..
Loads of Love
xox
Sep 27, 2010 @ 16:38:00
This speaks to me, Olivia!
I have given so much of myself(mother,wife,daughter,neighbor) that I was imprisoned, unable to be myself. Recently, I said “No More”, of course we do not completely cut away our loved ones…they are now only chains that make music. I refuse to remain confined!
Thank-you!
Sep 27, 2010 @ 18:18:59
You are so welcome My Dear.. I so appreciate your stopping by and commenting.. 🙂 I see what you say. We really tend to absolve ourselves so much in mundane things that we don’t realize until we are lost in it deep- All the Best for breaking away.. Make merry, make music..
xox
Sep 27, 2010 @ 14:40:45
Let the dance begins! 😛 Wonderfully written ❤
Sep 27, 2010 @ 14:46:34
Thank youssss Riika.. I read so much power in your words.. 🙂 Much Love to you too.. xox
Sep 27, 2010 @ 12:30:54
Beautiful photo prompt to go with your thought provoking poem. It is interesting though her eyes are covered, still a part remains mysterious and not a total reveal. Have to come back and read your bio, so I may have a glimpse of you that you so bravely penned. It is a difficult thing to do and even more difficult to see the shadows that bind us.
Joanny
Sep 27, 2010 @ 12:40:19
Joanny Dear,
I am touched.. you noticed so much more than just the words alone- Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it’s my Life and some part sill remains as mystery.. you are so sweet.. Let me cover all the invitations and then I’ll pick up one by one and come to your poem too..
My eyes are now closed since I am indifferent- heartless to certain degree.. and hence won’t look and consider. I’ll dance my own music now..
Happy Monday Sweetheart.. Love.. xoxox
Sep 24, 2010 @ 19:45:41
Just awesome! Fantastic imagery and words.
Sep 24, 2010 @ 20:39:38
Thankyou Trisha Dear… 😀
Sep 24, 2010 @ 10:52:54
Provocative. The idea of living chained to the dark (which I am assuming symbolizes the unknown) and experiencing the light as “the harsh sunny light” was a great multifaceted image that redefines your symbolism. It was an enjoyable poem in the sense that the picture of your chained feet still dancing left the reader with a sense of hopeful sadness, as if watching a very slow tragedy. Thanks for posting,
crb.
Sep 24, 2010 @ 12:22:22
I so loved reading you again.. wonderful observation.. This one is about my Life till before I decided to compile my biography and blogging. How I had stayed confined within myself and how I decided to come out and get pierced with judgements while readers reading my words- here’s the link to my Biography
You’ve already observed one perspective.. this was the 2nd one- 😀
I now write about my experiences and gather comments.. 😀
Sep 24, 2010 @ 21:46:07
Actually, I read through great big swaths of your bio yesterday. Found you to be a brave & honest author willing to take a few punches if it means getting the story right. I am not all the way through it yet, but fuckin’ amazing that you could take your entire life and transpose it onto the page in your own style. Lot of sadness there, but I didn’t detect a whole lot of cynicism in the sense that. I would recommend reading “You Remind Me Of You” by Eireann Corrigan as a great way to merge such bloody biographical details in poetic format; if you are interested (no worries if not.) Either way, you are a good writer, and whatever raw material of life you have to work from is intense.
crb.
Sep 24, 2010 @ 22:41:55
Before I reply to your comment word by word- I say here- THANK YOU. I am honored for that big a reference.. I would search and read through every comparison//suggestion posted here on My Blog- yours included.. God Bless Dude
Sep 24, 2010 @ 22:46:00
You’re welcome, and feel free to swing through anytime you need a laugh. Most of my shit is aimed at that Zappa-like mix of music and comedy made of my strange existence.
crb.
Sep 24, 2010 @ 22:52:56
I enjoyed reading your work the 1st time.. I’ll comeover soon again. Let this Rally be over.. maybe by 2mrw..!!
Sep 24, 2010 @ 23:02:59
Here comes what I do the best- word by word- analysis- LOLsss
I appreciate your calling me honest.. but author..? I am overwhelmed. I am still writing lot of sh*t is yet to come.
As I said, through my writing I am wanting to do a lot of things- few of them are posted in Bloody Relationships (my main Blog)
Your saying the transposing my Life Experience in my own words as amazing is very big a compliment for me.
I only smirk at my ability to criticize my ownself the same time while I am depicting my helplessness. Through my own writing; I am learning lessons of my life. Maybe if you go through the I,ME,Myself part, you would know a lot about my present day mind.. aah enough of blowing my trumpets now..
I so Thank you for reading me and appreciating. Not many could do that. They do read- but don’t comment. Scared, inhibited..!!
– Bless you –
Sep 24, 2010 @ 06:38:04
your words are heartbreaking…
i came by again to thank-you for visiting, for your kind words on my photography. yes, i do take them on my own. 🙂
Sep 24, 2010 @ 09:41:34
hahaha.. my poems are all that.. I put that “haha” to lighten the air.. LOLsss.. Thankyou for coming back.. I am also stopping to be a slacker now. Your pics just took my breath away, P.. Loads of love and wishes..
Sep 23, 2010 @ 20:38:12
I lived in the dark
to
dancing the shackles with my dancing feet..
You have penned down so well.. I am totally impressed with this take..
–Someone Is Special–
Sep 23, 2010 @ 20:45:46
OMG- that was quick… so sweet of you to laze around here and comment… 😀 I wish I could grin like a fool..
All of my poems- either express what has already happened to me or about My Desires. The things I wish to achieve- this one is about how I wish to make the memories of my ugly past take me up.. I am writing them all one by one- here- As I am
Bless you Dear friend–