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Purgatory

July 15, 2010
By ChristianK BRONZE, Horton, Michigan
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"I believe in a long, prolonged derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown... Although I live in the subconscious, our pale reason hides the infinite from us." -Jim Morrison

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Insomnia keeps me awake, I have these thoughts within my head,
A fog that I can't escape, am I alive or am I dead?
Emptiness feels numb, like the frosty skin that it consumes,
Am I lying on my feet, or am I standing in my tomb?
Without hate we would not know love, and without love there would be now pain,
But I feel like I am in between, and this numbness feels so plain.
Green-blue eyes reflect Medusa's gaze into the sea,
The sea spreads to the land, now you're numb just like me.

© Brian M., Fishers, IN

The author's comments:
I believe that love and hate are both better than the gray area that consumes the middle. It is also this gray area in which I find myself. No need for love, and no desire to hate.
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ellyncannon PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 4 2010 at 5:31 pm
ellyncannon PLATINUM, Mexia, Texas
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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wow. This is really good! I love the imagery and the way you get your message across! (He can you check out my sisters' work? its gangstaeyes and olican) thanks!! :) 

I really like this piece!!!!!!!