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Patti Masterman - Pacing Out a Soul

2014-11-10 1 Dailymotion

The basement cell where Geronimo was sometimes kept <br />Had an uneven floor, said to be caused by his constant pacing. <br />I too pace the walls inside my mind, for it seems to be holding me <br />Though sometimes I can escape it, through imagination. <br /> <br />There are large boulders and remnants of pottery <br />Scattered throughout many places, proof of others, <br />Whose prisons were diverse times; long ago settlements, <br />Of names now forgotten or scarcely mentioned anymore. <br /> <br />The people were always less durable than soil or stone: <br />They flowed like liquid from area to area, seeking water, buffalo, prosperity. <br />Children were their true riches, and longevity their blessing; <br />If you didn't die in childbirth, you might live a long time. <br /> <br />I feel their artifacts all around me, half-buried in clay and sand; <br />Many years are like only a moment, to a planet one-sixth the age <br />Of the total universe. But the past haunts me, watching as it does, <br />From the eyes of all their children, still walking this earth.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pacing-out-a-soul/

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