This soul so confined
Clawing at the gauntlet strong
Broken and bloody
Silent screaming for release
I am left to fight alone
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Soul Confined – A Tanka
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9 responses to “Soul Confined – A Tanka”
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Very powerful, but I hope you find some allies. It’s never fun to fight alone.
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You are right. In the famous (or infamous) words of Three Dog Night, “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.”. Maybe I’ll go look for some company. :)
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It never hurts to go looking. Never know what interesting stories are out there.
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How very true. :) By the way, I hope that you feel better, it sounds like that back of yours is a proverbial “thorn in your side”. I don’t have any chronic back problems, but I know that the times that I have hurt my back, mostly due to my own stupidity, it was some of the most intense pain that I can remember.
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It’s doing much better and I think I know the cause now. It was stress related, so meditation actually helped. Just needed to relax and get my mind off everything.
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Excellent poem! You captured the loneliness of existence very eloquently.
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Thank you very much Cody.
yes – I agree with Cody. Speaking from recent experience – you have hit the nail right on the head!
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Thank you so much, I appreciate it. :)
Dom DiFrancesco 
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