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Poems - beautiful and resembling

beautiful and resembling

by Ozymandias

beautiful and resembling
a ball of string that unravels
the woman was contained
until venturing onto life’s catwalk
down the hall of mirrors
of infinite reflection
and impossible angles

and she displayed,
after all,
only a finite length
of possibilities –

it’s best, she thought,
to be maternal
and reproduce one’s finitude
ad infinitum

beautiful and resembling
every other ball of string
that rolls on and on and unravels
on its way down the catwalk

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by maryanns on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 (14:32:56)

Ah... reading this brought up ever so many images, some of them womanly and some not. Your elegant verse got under my skin... so very well done. Cheers, Mary Ann

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 (17:16:39)

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Zbird on Thursday, July 19, 2012 (09:15:27)

you have captured the reality of being a woman with these words. well written and conveyed.

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Thursday, July 19, 2012 (18:57:14)

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by WordLover on Thursday, July 19, 2012 (18:26:52)

There is far more beauty in the distintive and unique than the conventional - yet, most never realize this until they are old enough to appreciate that outer beauty fades, but inner beauty remains always and makes us who we are. I'm not at all sure if this is what you wanted the reader to feel, but this poem moved me deeply.

Sandy

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Thursday, July 19, 2012 (19:00:52)

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by deepali on Friday, July 20, 2012 (13:26:47)

A wish to be continued forever...
a metaphor with a profound meaning...

regards,
D.

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Friday, July 20, 2012 (17:34:11)

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by wordsmithwannabe on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 (23:21:12)

loved reading this in the forums, Rory. it has a sadness to it that is neither maudlin nor overly dramatic, but very real and palpable...i think most women (and men, for that matter) can relate to the theme in some way, shape, or form.

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Re: beautiful and resembling (Score: 1 )
by Ozymandias on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 (23:23:08)

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