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General Discussions => Hobbies => Writing => Topic started by: MadelineB on August 18, 2012, 05:40:26 PM

Title: poem 004: MADDIE / MADELINE
Post by: MadelineB on August 18, 2012, 05:40:26 PM
MADDIE / MADELINE

i long believed me mad
and longed to die
no difference made
by any line
i ever sketched
or tried

yet
NEVER was i mad!
a loaded die
wicked Loki threw:
when born was i,
a cruel mask
he placed,
a line
through an infant soul
he drew




So now
anew
I draw the line
deny the lie

at last
I have
made
the change

at last
reborn
re-made
new and whole
I stand

altogether
masculine
or feminine
no longer

altogether
mine
this soul
engendered


written: 6/6/2012
edited: 7/17/2012
Copyright 2012, MadelineB
Title: Re: poem 004: MADDIE / MADELINE
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on August 18, 2012, 06:56:50 PM
Nice play on words, your royal honeyness.