The Madness of Love

Like the Untapped Wind

I Am Not Unhappy But . . .


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Writer's Cramp: A second try "Parallelismus Membrorum is of traditional Hebrew origin. It has lines of parallel construction and presents antitheses and complementary extensions. The lines are usually short and contain three or four words."


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Like the Untapped Wind

Like a fluted bottle,

Like the untapped wind,

I’m imprisoned by structures,

Only free in thought.

My dreams play songs,

My realities the truth.

I reach for him,

But he’s not there.

So I howl the night

And whimper the day.

I’m captive of none,

Unbound by love.

I inhale imaginings

I exhale the facts.

Like a fluted bottle

Like the untapped wind,

I roam among strangers

But I sleep all alone.


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