Monday, January 3, 2011

Blasphemy




Blasphemy!!
torn holes through all yarn
darning i had never done; what else
to do i, but run, and run...

screaming out, you called 
by name, i ran and ran 'til
on tear came - words
ran too, down
your face, traced my heart
for years replaced and i cried
long, for what was spent - where heaven, prayer?
nothing sent
and with vow - now
spoken a God to hear
this heart broken, his promise where?
i placed the gate (closed) on
my soul - its innocence
of long ago...


bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2011

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39 comments:

  1. SuziCateJanuary 3, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    You certainly captured the depth of this with such tenderness. Such a sad and lonely feeling. beautiful poem.

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  2. signed...bkmJanuary 3, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    thank you Suzi...a childhood memory...bkm

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  3. UnknownJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    you never cease to amaze me...........

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  4. Brian MillerJanuary 3, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    oh...strong close...i really like the last several lines...perhaps they will come...

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  5. dsJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Really powerful--particularly the ending. Thank you for sharing. (I hope the gate opened up eventually)

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  6. signed...bkmJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    thank you Neva, Brian and ds...of course gates open and close throughout our life...but some as for all of us make a stronger impact on who we become...bkm

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  7. LeiffyVJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Amazing piece. The gate is quite the stark contrasting part of this offering, makes me feel quite gray and shut in. Very revealing and raw, which always speaks with a higher power.

    Well done, you always know how to knock it out of the park.

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  8. Judy RoneyJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:01 AM

    Wow, this takes my breath away!

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  9. FireblossomJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    I can feel the wind with this one. Brrrr.

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  10. SheilaJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    amazing...this week I find myself wanting to run and close the gate on someone close to me. It is so painful to keep it open but sometimes necessary in order for me to heal. Thank you for this beautiful poem, it touched my heart today...

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  11. ClaudiaJanuary 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    i placed the gate (closed) on
    my soul...this gave me shivers - very strong and highly emotional..putting closed in brackets makes it even stronger

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  12. Maude LynnJanuary 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Such a sad and lonely piece!

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  13. anthonynorthJanuary 4, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Full of emotion and beautifully written.

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  14. hedgewitchJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    The words run as fast as the emotions in this one, and give that same breathless pain in the side you get from running too hard. Stark and intense, but I do get a little of the vulnerability of that childhood memory from it too bkm.

    PS here: " 'til
    on tear came - words/ran too, down.." do you mean one tear instead of on tear, or tears instead of tear, (on tears came,)Just wondered--it stands out a bit, but that may have been what you were trying for.

    PPS I love reading your sidebar.

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  15. signed...bkmJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    hedgewitch, great comment here...it was intentional "on tear came"...as if one single tear held back years of emotion in the words that followed...bkm

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  16. PattiKenJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    This is so moving. I felt such sadness and despair through it, all of it packaged in betrayal. Very powerful, bkm.

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  17. JamieDedesJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    I love that quote of Goethe's, and I do love this poem as well. You get us right into the feeling, the breathlessness of the pain, as though we too are funning. . . and the tear - single, poignant. This is very vine.

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  18. KBJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    Where we've been shaes who we are my dear.

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  19. KBJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    I meant to say shapes. My keyboard keeps sticking...arrg.

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  20. BeachannyJanuary 4, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Somewhere we share some stories..though perhaps time and place differ..the impact and its spiritual residue remain. I know this place because I've been there. Thank you..bkm, Gay @beachanny

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  21. Sherry Blue SkyJanuary 4, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    "I placed the gate (closed) on my soul......." such beautiful writing, conveying the remembered tears. Wonderful!

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Somehow every time I come here and read your words I sigh for their beauty, your flow, and how so very well everything comes together. Wonderfully written even in the sad notions this depicts warmth! ~April

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  23. Dulçe ♥January 5, 2011 at 3:20 AM

    OH B,
    those last lines are so elegantly constructed. So real...that makes them all the more poignant- let's get out of there

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  24. MaryJanuary 5, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    BKM, this poem was filled with emotion. written from the depths. I FELT this poem!

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  25. moondustwriterJanuary 5, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    Hearts broken, promises failed
    a child can wait a lifetime to hear words she needs

    All this piece needs is rain.

    Excellent thanks for sharing with One Shot

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  26. annell4January 5, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    Beautifully done! Thanks Seemed very sad....

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  27. TALONJanuary 5, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    This is heart-wrenching in both the images and the words and the emotions so beautifully expressed...

    The closing of the gate like the closing of a heart.

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  28. BubbaJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Good stuff - another dandy One Shot!

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  29. Tammie LeeJanuary 5, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    oh the pain and betrayals of a life time....
    which your poem beautifully expresses~

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  30. GlynnJanuary 5, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    It's a beautiful poem, evoking an array of emotions. Well done.

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  31. Myrna R.January 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    Thank you for sharing your talent here. I am so moved by your poem.

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  32. KavitaJanuary 5, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Ack! Emotions oozed out of this one.. a sense of loneliness reflected itself all too clearly in the words..
    Very artistically written, bkm..
    Wish you a wonderful New Year!!

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Is it "on" tear? Just curious. I hope the gate opens now.

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  34. Laura LynnJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Wow! Such raw emotion in this poem...I felt every line to the end when the gate was shut. Great piece...thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed this read over and over again

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  35. gautami tripathyJanuary 5, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Part and parcel of life..gates opening and closing. And we do find ways...


    Here is my one shot:
    musical whirlwind

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  36. RiverJanuary 6, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    Beautiful poem with such sadness but so real. Last lines...incredible. You are so talented. :)

    I have to ask is that you in the window?

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  37. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    hi bkm.... your name always intrigues me... nice piece... like the use of parenthesis (not used enough in poetry I always think). Your rhyming free-verse style has strong impetus and you create some evocative imagery also. Good one shot, aye

    Warmest salad

    Luke @ WordSalad

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  38. ClaudiaJanuary 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    ..was wondering if this is you on the header pic...?

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  39. Steve IsaakJanuary 7, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Strongly stated, solid piece.

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