Though I had thought of not posting any poetry or literary material here, I am making an exception today for this double Etheree.
Abuse
You
And
I, too.
Prickly,
Disfigured
And angry.
We fight with words.
We wilt with them.
You smile a wan smile,
I return it, pale.
You give me defences.
I give you more reasons.
Fight progresses everyday,
You kill, I kill more, more, more!
Our eyes smile with nothing at all.
Our lips speak with meaninglessness.
We are a showpiece out there, smiling.
Our hands meet to touch, they do nothing.
My mind reels with abuses I could’ve said.
You look away, and I know yours does, too.
Particularly Interested 
Thank you for making an exception. This is a powerful etheree.
Thank you, Lenore. I keep wanting to visit yours and Kim’s blog. Could you please give me the link?
Certainly, Priya. Thank you for your interest. We posted something new yesterday (Thursday).
http://kimberlyandlenore.com/
Wow. Beautiful. These are my words. Straight from the heart. 🙂
🙂 It feels good to express what others can feel, too.
Hopefully not your current reality, Priya? Otherwise, a powerful poem.
I’ve been thinking of lying, or being honestly long in my answer. Neither works.
Beautifully done. And, interestingly, a nearly perfect description of the state of things for much of my country. This hasn’t been a normal election – the nastiness of the campaign is continuing, and won’t so easily be set aside.
I just discovered Etherees this year, and love them. I’ve never seen this particular form, though, and really do like it. They’re very challenging.
Linda, I am painfully unaware of the election details. But politics is the same everywhere, is it not?
I am proud of my Etherees. I normally feel shy of my writing, but not of these poems.
Bela is calling me! Let me come back and complete this!
I’m back.
Etherees seem like a friend that was meant to be, Linda. I was never very comfortable with the delicateness of poetry, but somehow with Etheree, I am more at home.
This particular style, called double etheree, is something I recently found out about while I was looking for an apt description of the form while researching for my book. I came across a couple of interesting blogs featuring this form. If you are interested, perhaps I could forward you those. Or you could simply search for it in Google.
Amazing!! I feel like i’ve been there before. Nice stuff!!
Thank you, Bob.