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IsabelleSkye
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since 1999-06-27
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0 posted 1999-08-30 10:01 PM


hushed voices
anxious whispered prayers
living (and dying)
for their ancient faith
unwilling to refute
the God of their fathers
sacrificial lambs
led to slaughter
by fear's own hand
torturous deaths
christian martyrs
colliseum display
hungry crowds watch
in laughter and merriment
as faithful servants die
torn by lions
burned alive
human fights to the death
each sacrifice more gruesome
than the last
blood lust
thirst for vengeance
upon a gentle people
just living to serve their God
trusting eyes turned to heaven
knowing a glorious welcome waits
never denying
always proclaiming
God's divine plan
unable to speak an untruth
in exchange for life

hurried burials
in catacombs of darkness
each martyred soul
laid to rest with reverence and grief
as christian hearts sleep with God this night

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God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
- Pablo Picasso

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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850
In the space between moments
1 posted 1999-08-30 10:57 PM


Darkly Painful..yet so true, I'm afraid. Exellent work, Isabelle.

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*Krista Knutson*

I see the world through the loving eyes of my heart, and suffer the pain of unfulfilled visions. -- Daniel L. Miller



Skyfyre
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since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap
2 posted 1999-08-30 11:00 PM


I'm speechless. Wow.

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"Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus"
(Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.")



Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
3 posted 1999-08-31 09:15 PM


This is quite a variant from your norm... very intense and vivid, my friend....
DreamEvil
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since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396

4 posted 1999-10-16 07:30 PM


Your Darkness shines well.

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Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©




[This message has been edited by DreamEvil (edited 10-16-1999).]

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