Poetry 18: Living Death

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          My soul misplaced itself;
          maybe lost along the winds,
          of earthly culture fuss
          together with my sins,
          well, never will my sins
          be flown away like dusts;
          maybe uncolored parts I missed
          to paint while spilling gusts;

          now incomplete;
          for hundredth time,
          my longing poem
          be gone of signs;
          since so undressed
          have I presented,
          my sprawling art
          be gazed unwanted;

          examining identity;
          debating facts on false,
          have I hidden not their words
          which I have taken first;
          only to be betrayed,
          only to be stolen,
          my great relief and my respect
          like icebergs -- melted, fallen;

          but missing may some pieces;
          for years I've patched
          but passion's never stolen
          with the magic it hatched
          it's where I've been headed
          where I'm re-sourcing my breath.
          now my soul reconstructs
          for art's my living death;
         

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