Cast Off

 

Cast Off
 
Cast off
cast off
your withering body
like a canvas shroud.

You were an elegant riddle
to all who knew you in your
alluring earthbound form.

Polished dreams
could not
hold you
lest the dream
of being
reunited.

Cast off
cast off
the aching torturous
longing of
aloneness.

You suffocated your
entire lifetime
as you endlessly
struggled
for freedom
as the
symphony of angels
comforted you.

Cast off
cast off
from these shores
and let
your disappearance
from the tomb
of life
be known.
 

    
 

    
 

Winner of "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest"  and Editor’s Pick for "Poetry Newsletter (February 4, 2015)" 

I read this poem at several venues.
A list of my open mic poetry readings is here "Open Mic" 


Line count: 35 lines
Form: Free verse
Prompt:
NEW PROMPT:
The words are:
suffocated, tomb, canvas, polished, withering, symphony, disappearance, riddle
Written for: Stormy’s Poetry Contest Due  02/01/15

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