“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.” Frida Kahlo
Where do anger and sorrow go
at the settling of dust ?
You always find those two wrapped
around each other like loversWhere do they go after
being tasted by bitter lips
swallowed with a bottle of pride
and digested over time?Mayhap they just disappear
but more likely they linger
like two ghosts enjoying a hauntingI keep a beady eye out for those two
giving them a wide berth
along the road of the living
You see,
anger has the longest claws that sink deeper still
while
sorrows never drown but swim in all the alcoholic drinks you can findMe- I just keep my head down and let those two pass me by
©Vivian Zems
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May 3, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Beautiful
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May 3, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Thank you 🙂
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May 3, 2018 at 5:15 pm
Wow, Vivian, you rocked this! Sorry to have been absent from your blog; NPWM kicked my butt as far as time for visiting! Now things have slowed down and i am shame-facedly showing up around blogdom again!
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May 3, 2018 at 11:14 pm
Good to have you back! I’ll visit you soon and see your April offerings.
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May 3, 2018 at 5:37 pm
This is deeply wise and introspective, Viv!💜 I m still reflecting upon “Where do they go after being tasted by bitter lips
swallowed with a bottle of pride and digested over time?” Great write!💜
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May 3, 2018 at 11:12 pm
Thanks Sanaa!😊
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May 3, 2018 at 6:36 pm
A good idea to let them both pass you by.
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May 3, 2018 at 11:11 pm
Absolutely !😆
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May 3, 2018 at 7:33 pm
I love the image of anger and sorrow ‘wrapped / around each other like lovers’, wonderful personification, Viv! Followed by a deep, language-rich stanza and the line:
‘sorrows never drown but swim in all the alcoholic drinks you can find’.
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May 3, 2018 at 11:11 pm
Thanks Kim! So glad you like it😊
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May 3, 2018 at 7:43 pm
The personification of anger and sorrow is spot on. I learned a long time ago to leave them alone and be lovers for each other.
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May 3, 2018 at 11:10 pm
Precisely!
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May 3, 2018 at 8:34 pm
Oh yes… this is a perfect way to describe how they act on each other… only laughter can quench the anger and sorrow.
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May 3, 2018 at 11:03 pm
INDEED. …
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May 3, 2018 at 8:36 pm
Oh, I love your opening, anger and sorrow as lovers. Yes, sorrow never drowns in a drink, it only takes “us” under when try to send it to its grave through a bottle. Thank you so much for taking part in the prompt!
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May 3, 2018 at 11:02 pm
Thanks Susie. It’s so true though. A great prompt!
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May 3, 2018 at 8:42 pm
Anger and sorrow as lovers…….you’ve paired these two so well. And the ending is the warning and the reality that the voice of the poem has indeed learned to keep her head down and let those two pass by. Well done!
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May 3, 2018 at 11:01 pm
Thanks Lillian 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed this!
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May 3, 2018 at 11:34 pm
Probably is best to be unassuming but I’m not so sure we can avoid those ghostly lovers, as they are teachers too.
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May 3, 2018 at 11:36 pm
I love this poem! Your last line is stellar.
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May 4, 2018 at 8:49 am
Thanks, Jo! Don’t forget to remind me about your meeting at 2pm next week!
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May 4, 2018 at 12:00 am
Yes, anger and sorrow are quite well acquainted. Best of friends, worst of lovers. You nailed it there
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May 4, 2018 at 8:40 am
Thank you!
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May 4, 2018 at 2:15 pm
😀
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May 4, 2018 at 12:59 am
Well she of anyone would be forgiven for drinking. But think not of her failings but what she achieved despite the adversities.
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May 4, 2018 at 8:39 am
A true gem
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May 4, 2018 at 4:46 am
My gosh Vivian, you are so awesome! I love your descriptive writing. ☺❤
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May 4, 2018 at 8:39 am
Thanks Walt! High praise :)… coming from you 🙂 🙂
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May 4, 2018 at 8:51 am
You’re very welcome my friend ☺
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May 4, 2018 at 8:37 am
The best way to deal it is— let pass by, otherwise we too mihgt flow with them.
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May 4, 2018 at 8:38 am
Absolutely!… thanks for stopping by 🙂
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May 4, 2018 at 11:53 am
Anger does have the longest claws….lovely.
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May 4, 2018 at 6:44 pm
Thank you!
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May 4, 2018 at 3:03 pm
very interesting… this poem prompted some inner thought
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May 4, 2018 at 6:43 pm
I’m glad…food for thought 😊
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May 4, 2018 at 10:56 pm
Powerful. I read this multiple times it was so good! I love how you capture the reader with the first question, and how you end by giving anger and sorrow an accurate definition, I like those last couple lines. Well written.
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May 5, 2018 at 3:03 pm
Thanks Rachel! I’m glad you like it!
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May 4, 2018 at 10:56 pm
Vivian your wording is so soft and clear.
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May 5, 2018 at 3:04 pm
Thank Dee! So sweet of you to say😊
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May 5, 2018 at 3:36 pm
Why is it that young people often seem to be having such a miserable time? Is it because they let themselves be submerged by emotions they don’t understand? Sorrow, I can understand but not when they transform it into anger.
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June 27, 2018 at 1:05 pm
It’s easy to find anger where sorrow has made a permanent home?
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June 27, 2018 at 4:24 pm
Maybe. But it isn’t inevitable.
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June 27, 2018 at 12:59 pm
Love this.
I wrote something about anger without hope and I’d love your opinion on it https://thatswhatshesaid169.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/anger/
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June 27, 2018 at 2:31 pm
Thank you, I’ll have a read soon 😊
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