Who Are You
Who are you?
To take your place
By judgment’s seat
And vigil keep
When love, himself
No record keeps.
Who are you?
To captive hold
In heart’s
Bitter dungeon cold
Those who brought,
Your inner pain
When love for you
Has turned the key
And at such a price
Bought, liberty
And have you never?
Placed fault or blame
Have you never?
Uttered words
To bring you shame
And have you never?
With cruel colours
Plucked from pain's palette
Painted characatures
Masters,
In framed bitterness
In heart’s hard, hall, hung
When love for you
Only sees
The character
You were created
To be
So who are you?
To take your place
By judgment’s seat
And vigil keep
When love for you
No record keeps
About this poem
This poem was written in November 2006 as a result of a vivid dream. In the dream I was holding an old key, I was led to an ancient door. I opened the door and entered what was a dungeon. The dungeon was full of people, captives, chained, all of whom were known to me. I woke up. Reflecting on the dream, I realised that the dungeon represented my heart, the 'captives' were held there by my own bitterness and unforgiveness. This poem is one of several 'meditations' that I wrote through which I found an inner freedom as I learnt to 'set my captives free'. Copyright: Naomi Fowke more »
Submitted by nfowke on September 12, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDxE AfxfxxAgxg Hihxi HbxbxxxAxhxg aBCDAE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 705 |
| Words | 154 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 10, 5, 12, 6 |
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