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xbrokenxlullabyx
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since 2007-12-25
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NJ, U.S.A.

0 posted 2008-03-29 03:50 PM



I wrote this when sitting in a cemetery on a beautiful summer afternoon. It's a very rough draft.

The trees stand guard
As the breeze
and the sun’s shadows listen in
the melody tinkles by
of lost voices carried by wind
The hopeless look for angels
To sing their sweet serenade
Of iced tea and better days
Scents of youth and mourning grass
Tucked away in corners
with memories long past
Red flowers on the headstone
Fire to light the flame
A name
Covered by ivy and an apathetic keeper
Follow me,
Beneath the canopy and past the fallen log
Graves, here, decrepit as the deceased
Fallen soldiers,young children,names swim in the heat
Loved once, and now does love die?
Stone faded and battered over time
In naivety, they were thought to be
Born immortal in stone
Are we there yet
now that we’ve forgotten?
the answer, I'm afraid is misheard


© Copyright 2008 susanna v. - All Rights Reserved
hiddensmiles
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since 2008-02-07
Posts 514
at the beach... i wish
1 posted 2008-03-29 04:05 PM


great write!!

JJ

hiddensmiles
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since 2008-02-07
Posts 514
at the beach... i wish
2 posted 2008-03-29 04:06 PM


(library)

JJ

xbrokenxlullabyx
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since 2007-12-25
Posts 36
NJ, U.S.A.
3 posted 2008-03-29 08:20 PM


thank you! I'm not sure about the iced tea line, I'm considering changing it
hiddensmiles
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since 2008-02-07
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at the beach... i wish
4 posted 2008-04-10 08:39 PM


i like it.

JJ

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