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A Word In The Telling

4/28/2022

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I am a story now
A simple word in the ancient book
That has always been.
I am
The ink, the paper
The plot twist and the author.
A small part in a novel
More brilliant than any I will ever write.

I am a verse
In a poem of epic desire
The mortal woman that set the gods afire.

I am a girl in a painting
I am a painter looking at the girl.

I wanted to be part of a great story 
And now the story is mine
And I am only a word
A word passing through
A ballad of love
Chance meetings
And truth.

I am the woman that waits
The man that fights
The sailor that travels guided by light

Over the ocean 
Through infinite night

And still as ever
Just a simple word in a legend
A legend written by the hand that writes them all.

...

Am I the word
Or the hand
The hero
Or his muse
Am I the dreamer or the one he dreams of
Am I all of these
Or none of the above.

It doesn't matter...
It is enough
Just to be a word
In the telling of a story
That has always been.

Charity 

December 2014
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Our Vision, Passion, Weirdness, Madness

4/12/2022

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There are words 
others use
for people like us
and some of them are not kind;
crazy
mad

solitary
delusional
tragic...
what have you
who cares.
I embrace them
I claim them
I love them.
You have to understand 
that just because we see the world
differently than you do
and perhaps have seen
more enchantment and tragedy
in our unusual lives
than others have seen
in their
many peaceful years
there is nothing more right or wrong
with any of us
than there is with anyone else.

The world is different 
than people think
there are hidden lights
shadows and mysteries
we remember them
we see them
when others forget
or cannot
that is all.

And we write those mysteries
we paint those thoughts unseen
we create music 
from tunes we hear and feel
but could never quite explain
any other way
and we share our world
with you.
And you love it
you do
you love our vision
our passion
our "weirdness" our "madness"

While you shake your head at our tragic lives
of "solitude"
"confusion"
"hard living"
and "seclusion"
the truth is
that madness
that loneliness that can never be relieved
not by any amount of company
it paints the paintings you see
it writes the stories you read
It creates every note
in the songs that you love
and every line that you'll sing
time and again.

And they say
of us 
what a shame
they are so talented and yet they 
never could quite fit in
so troubled
so tragic
their story is.
But that is why
we create
the exquisite things we do;
If we ever for one minute 
fit into your world
we would never be desperate enough
to write our stories
paint our pictures
play our songs
and attempt to share
 the world we see
with you.


Charity
​2014

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When She Falls

4/4/2022

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​​When she falls
She falls
Like waterfalls
Crashing into the sea
Beneath
She's Niagara to me
Fierce
Rushing
Dangerous
And Lovely ~
When she falls.

Charity
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