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PoeticKnight
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0 posted 2000-02-18 06:29 PM


At midnight, the mourner’s bell tolls,
Resounding, each and every stroke
Foretelling news of my own doom
A dozen times, and my heart froze

One
Two
Three

Still time to escape undamaged,
Legs, as useless as some baggage
Lost and forgotten, like the rest of me
Now my mind, my mind unhinged

Four
Five
Six

Like a nail in the coffin, each note pounds,
Into finality, fading with the sound
An echo never to be disturbed again
Until the upheaval of the uttermost ground

Seven
Eight
Nine

Time left, to take one more dream,
To open, my darkest sight to eternity
This night could not possibly end
Or so it leads me to believe

Ten
Eleven
Twelve




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Elizabeth
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1 posted 2000-02-18 06:40 PM


Oh, the bells, bells, bells...reminded me of Poe! Spooky and well done, JML.

Elizabeth

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SEA
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2 posted 2000-02-18 06:45 PM


JML~my heart beating like the ticking of the clock- at midnight I go for a walk -to clear my mind- but you are all I find. Very insprational poem! You write so good! -SEA
Cerenity
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3 posted 2000-02-20 03:28 PM


Hi JML,

No doom do I bring you, just a thank you for your well written lines.

Cerenity-1

PoeticKnight
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4 posted 2000-02-21 10:03 AM


Elizabeth - Poe! I love Poe. But I hope this wasn't too close to his, (even though he does have a poem about bells), he is just entrenched in me so deeply. Thanks.

SEA - What can I say? You always seem to inspire me to write better. Thank you for always reading these.

Cerenity - You can bring doom if you want, thanks.

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