Maureen Travers Poems

You are a whirlwind inside my head
I try to capture your essence, your spirit
But you elude my slender grasp.
I ride the storm rejoicing,
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In dreams I live my inner life
No mere neural pathways, these,
A world of the possible in one night,
No handholds there for me to seize.
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I am yesterday,
A genetic map
The living proof
Of survival
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At first were the balmy days,
sunshine was your smile,
we generated electrical storms.
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Earth’s teardrops pearl my window,
Sky smothers rooftops, grey on grey;
The dull day draws sadness from the well of me, my core,
Where race memory is embedded in strands of DNA
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here I lie
in a sensory deprivation tank
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We thought that the gods were giants,
Mighty beings with universe sized minds,
But today we learned the awful truth -
A particle so small it cannot be seen
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Dandelion clocks
blowing in the summer winds
a seedling rush hour
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Be my miracle and bring me to the light,
I have lived in melancholy far too long.

Be my anchor and save me from the drifting tides
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The wind raging in my mind
Carries words and feelings and thoughts
They burst through my bones and skin
Released in a tangle of knots.
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