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Lethe
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since 2001-04-10
Posts 36
Blackforrest

0 posted 2001-04-12 07:18 PM



FACE OF MELINDA

By the turnstile beckons a damsel fair
The face of Melinda neath blackened hair
No joy would flicker in her eyes
Brooding sadness came to a rise
Words would falter to atone
Failure had passed the stepping stone
She had sworn her vows to another
This is when no-one will bother
And conceded pain in crumbling mirth
A harlot of God upon the earth
Found where she sacrificed her ways
That hollow love in her face
Still I plotted to have her back
The contentment that would fill the crack
My soul released a fluttering sigh
This day fell, the darkness nigh
I took her by the hand to say
All faith forever has been washed away
I returned for you in great dismay
Come with me, far away to stay
Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime
She spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme
But baffled herself with the final line
My promise is made but my heart is thine


  
  


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Tiersdin
Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364
east coast
1 posted 2001-04-13 12:49 PM


... and very much worth the wait...

awesome!

-Tier

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
2 posted 2001-04-13 01:49 AM


Now this I understand and love particularly these lines.

Failure had passed the stepping stone
She had sworn her vows to another
This is when no-one will bother
And conceded pain in crumbling mirth
A harlot of God upon the earth
Found where she sacrificed her ways

write on
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life.  Patty Hansen.



Swamp¤Faeryie
Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393
fairyland....of course;)
3 posted 2001-04-13 11:44 PM


that's it,you're going into my library!!

sam

much madness is divinest sense,and much sense the starkest madness~Emily Dickinson

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