At dVerse Frank is hosting Haibun with an invitation to write about pressure.
dVerse Poets – Haibun – Pressure
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“Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.” G.W.F. Hegel
Only Tears
Some things build. There are those nights that wild themselves, when the walls bend in close to my temples, just like a whiskey cloud, and the velvet curtains wrap around me blocking out the light. The air feels warm, thick and cloying, coated in dust, catching on my throat. In the back of my head I feel the movement of staccato bass riffs pounding, the floor shakes and I need to steady myself.
When the dark words come, as come they will and fill the room and strike at me, the world presses in, time slips a cog, and my veins thrum. If only they were never said, if only I could reel them back. The pain overwhelms as images flash past. Only tears release the pressure valve, returning the walls to normal and the constriction is no more. Finally the gauge reads zero and I can think again.
My house of dark words press in to my open mind tears steal the feelings Copyright 2023 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®️
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I know these feelings❤️
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Yes, I guess many do, it is our lot.
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We all wrestle with our dark side and regret dark words spoken/heard.
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Very much so Lynn
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I like how the haibun form captures the physicality of regrettable words.
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It sure feels powerful on the inside. Many thanks for picking up on that Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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Words we can never retrieve … a horrible thing to live with, but live with it we must. Can only hope for forgiveness.
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I hate it most when they were offered with good intent and take otherwise.
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Yes!
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None of us gets to be here and be perfect ~ and it is the closer we come to perfection that it bothers us more and more.
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Yes, someone once said – that perfection is the death of creativity.
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Perfection is death. Its near approach is creativity.
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Nicely put 🙂
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A good description of hard moments in life
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Yes, the grind of life.
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I like to let tears wash the feelings. I try to look forward to the refreshing feeling after a rain storm in dark times.
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Ah, yes, that resonates, thank you for sharing Astrid.
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