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Renewal poetry... Well, it is coming up on the new year so I thought I'd post a poem about renewal generally (although I am not the biggest fan of NY resolutions... my changes come when they come... I wrote this one about 6 months after my first divorceWas trying to use animal metaphors in the poem which LITERALLY came about from an infestation of bugs where I was living at the time...
THERE ARE BEETLES IN THIS HOUSE
Their dark, shiny bodies corner around the cracks
sucking in sunlight
hiding in doorways and staring at our lives,
laying eggs in casings that shower
forth onto my waiting head when I least
expect it. Sending creepy shudders down my back
whenever I glimpse them.
My son tries to eat them, they clog
drains, fill up the insides of florescent lights and
buzz, buzz, buzz... Angry? Triumphant?
They die everywhere and I step on them with bare
feet, carrying disembodied insect legs that shiver as I walk.
And I, I was like the beetles in this
house. My spine hardening into a carapace
rising tall over my body.
Impenetrable, like a turtle in its shell only less
natural. I scuttled around
the edges of my life asking, "Will it ever
be enough? When will I have enough?"
I hoarded in burrows tunneled, chewing through
wood, stone, darkness. Withering up, up,
up, as I dug deeper underground.
Until one day, I don't even know how or
why (when do you ever get answers from grace?)
I felt the touch of something not
unlike an eagle's proud eye, perhaps, or a shy
hummingbird hovering or a gentle blue jay
like a kiss from above saying, "It is enough your
life. It is enough." My hunger gone, the carapace
fell to my feet-- tiny dust--
and I stood tall, unencumbered. The invisible
weight lifted and I felt
wings begin to bud on my shoulder
blades-- just a little-- but it is
enough.
Now, when I find beetles in my house
I stand, no longer compelled
to stare, noting our similarities and horrified
at what I had become, instead
I sweep them out
and laugh.
Anna
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Yes, Hypnopone, I always want to rock, LOL. Not quite sure what you are asking, but feel free to take anything you want just give me credit (Anonymous Anna, LOL). Although my brother does inform me there is good money in songwriting, I just do my poetry for fun
Anna
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