Posted by mair on July 17, 2002, at 11:50:40
In reply to death accomplishment (an unfinished poem), posted by alii on July 16, 2002, at 0:52:48
Alii
I can certainly identify with the poem. Sometimes I get caught up in certain visual images of suicide that I can't seem to escape. I think of it as my "siren song" (If I ever write a poem about this it's going to be called the Siren Song of Suicide) and feel equally as powerless as was Odysseus(sp.) at redirecting my thinking or energies. I think what others have said about hunkering down and riding it out is pretty apt. Sometimes it seems that it helps a little to think of it as just fantasy - I mean how many of us really ever get to experience our fantasies? That sort of keeps it in the realm of dreaming and out of the realm of the "good idea." Most importantly, keep posting and know that we're all rooting for you.
Mair
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