Smith, Russell J.

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The Prairie Light ReviewVolume 24Number 1 Warning! May Contain Explicit Content Article 20Fall 12-1-2003Ode To MyselfRussell J. SmithCollege of DuPageFollow this and additional works at: http://dc.cod.edu/plrThis Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion inThe Prairie Light Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact koteles@cod.edu.Recommended CitationSmith, Russell J. (2003) "Ode To Myself," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 24 : No. 1 , Article 20.Available at: http://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol24/iss1/20ODE TO MYSELFRussell J. SmithImagination reaching past theoutskirts of infinityAnd yet, still down to earthA heart that's torrent like the seasAnd burning like a fiery hearthA love of such veracityA feeling of new birthAnd still when things arecalming down.Our subject's left aloneAnd pain and hurt catch up to himThe desolance hits homeHis hollow body aches with lifeAnd time pulls from his coreAnd everyone he patronizes;he feels like a whoreHe walks the streets that lead himthroughHis city of the deadAnd every day he goes insaneIt hurts his human headSo what is left encompassesTo wake up with tomorrowAnd joys and pains are fleeting dailyLeaving him to borrowHe looks upon a world unknownAt all his race's splendorsAnd nothing he can call his ownAmidst his daily lendersHe wants to cry and let it goBut tears are so tenaciousThey just won't fall or say goodbyeHis pain, he just embracesHe wakes and smokes and learnsand smokesAnd smokes to sleep and dreamHe lives to find a common groundAmong the live and breathingSeeing past his own dilemmasHelps him down the roadExalting life and snaring loveAlters aching moodLike alcohol for troddenbloodstreamLeaving all behindTake him to his special islandWhere he won't be foundSomewhere in a galaxyBetween the moon and GodWished away and wonderingI am what I am not171Smith: Ode To MyselfPublished by DigitalCommons@COD, 2017

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