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Walter Poe
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0 posted 2014-11-07 10:28 PM


I had this idea that the world would end
And the Sky opened and the rains came
Thunder rolled lightening crashed
The birds screamed

I felt the earth shatter in my path
For the word was spoken
And the Earth answered in turn
Death stalked the land as a brother
taking as is his way

Without weigh or measure
For evil or innocence
For Wealth or austerity
For the Wise and the Foolish
Stood before a cold eye

Stripped before him
Each revealed to be
simply well dressed meat
We were reaped
and souls cast to the winds

So we each ran before the flame
We felt its hot breath singe
We felt its cold heart burn
Neither heart nor hearth
Could stop its ceaseless tide

And so it came to pass
That man became a memory
And the earth she did not mourn him
The animals missed not his steel
And the Sun ne'er missed a turn for his passing

I aint as good as I once was but I'm as good, once, as I ever was. - Toby Keith

[This message has been edited by Walter Poe (11-08-2014 10:54 AM).]

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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana
1 posted 2014-11-08 12:20 PM


Mankind, the evil in the world. I would applaud, but a clearer head prevented me from doing so.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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2 posted 2014-11-08 05:55 AM


...the earth revived and healed her man made wounds. She found her balance once again, in eons she did flourish...
Lori

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
3 posted 2014-11-08 07:46 AM


Magnificent in every imaginable way, and its title, too!

Typo in S5.  I am sure you meant "We felt its cold heart burn".

Owl

Walter Poe
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4 posted 2014-11-08 10:55 AM


Fixed...
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