This Poem was Submitted By: Betty Lou Hebert On Date: 2000-05-02 13:52:35 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Empty

  I visited my inner self   And took down from a dusty shelf,   A box of hoarded memories,   I opened with some rusty keys.   With trembling hands, I sorted all.   Each one was painful to recall.   I knew that I must set them free,   If I could ever hope to be   A whole, unfettered person, who   Could give my best to what I do.   The roaring of the blood that sped   Through my aorta filled my head   With so much noise, I threw these things   Into the air and gave them wings.   I opened up my mouth so I   Could say farewell and let them fly.   The rushing of their passage there   Left fading echoes in the air   Then I collapsed when I was through.   The box was empty.  I was too!

Copyright © May 2000 Betty Lou Hebert

Additional Notes:
aorta - the major artery running through the body.


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