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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2002-06-29 03:10 PM


By the 13 daughters of Lilith,
I send thee back to dust.
Brush the stars from
thy cobwebbed bones.

The light falls wooden
to thy dead and deadly sight.
Let the shadow cross
take thee home.

May the blood red candle
find you in your dusk.
May complexion's ashes
ruby stare.

I found your haunted thoughts
within that eyesight lost.
I found your colding body
on the stair.

~*~

The black dock shivers
in lost time with the sea.
The pallid moon's white door
beckons on.

The trees by her graveside
offered her some shade.
As she sang a hungry,
roving song.

Her ancient stare gave wilt
to the wildflowers there.
Her touch left cruelty
in lingered dust.

Her name was as unknown
as it was left unspoken.
Her eyes were sky sapphire
mixed with rust.

~*~

She turned and she threw me.
She sent me to her fall.
Where I learned her trials
and her pain.

When I came back to,
she waited for my call.
And she bid me drink
of her rain.

Now her scent brings chains
to lie across, within.
Ancient calling crave
of blood and whim.

By the time I noticed,
it was past too late.
I succumbed my honesty.
I gave in to my fate.

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for the sun.
-RHCP

[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (06-29-2002 03:19 PM).]

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arthur
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1 posted 2002-06-29 03:28 PM


like this one
haunting
arthur

Anvrill
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2 posted 2002-06-29 06:00 PM


Awww, you finished this poem for me on our anniversary.... How goth. *kiss* Dark and yummy and broody, much like its author. Hm.

Two years!



So why're there 12 verses?

"Es ist Folter, aber ich bin fast dort." Robert Smith's Torture in Deutsch.

bsquirrel
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3 posted 2002-06-29 06:01 PM


There's 12 verses because I realized it was over after 12 verses. Love you.

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for the sun.
-RHCP

Anvrill
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4 posted 2002-06-29 06:02 PM


Love you too. And I suppose that a title of "By 13" wouldn't be as accurate anymore if y' had 13 verses.

"Es ist Folter, aber ich bin fast dort." Robert Smith's Torture in Deutsch.

Krishankins
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5 posted 2002-06-29 11:46 PM


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

I liked the imagery. Wonderful Mike!

Krishankins

A bird never flies so high that it can't hit the ground

bsquirrel
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6 posted 2002-06-30 01:04 PM


Thanks, Kris.

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for the sun.
-RHCP

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