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Open Poetry #23

The man who wept

Walter Poe
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

0 posted 2002-12-09 08:20 AM

They wept beside me
crooning to my tears
they bade me be still
be content and happy

They do not know
they cannot understand
i cry for the morning
so lonely before nights stand

They hold me close
to steal my tears
but my tears are my own
so i shed them with love

I cry for the night
its dark soul longs
till it again feels
the touch of the morn

They sit with me
and talk of beauty
of fine wines
of fine summer days

They do not understand
I cry for those
Those that have no tears
Those that must be strong

That come to me
and beg me be happy
I will not allow that
i cry for them

They find beauty
in the world
through my tears
and my loneliness

Who am i to deny
to these saints
the beauty they seek
by my own happiness

Take a good look at my face
Well, don't my smile look out of place
look a little closer its easy to trace
The tracks of my tears

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2002-12-09 08:35 AM

i cry for the morning
so lonely before nights stand
~~~

that line is hauntingly beautiful in its aching images and analogies...as is this whole verse ....

I cry for the night
its dark soul longs
till it again feels
the touch of the morn

powerful poetic tears Paul.

just one line ... one rhyme ... one metered verse ...
if only I could inspire in you ... promised poetic coerce.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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2 posted 2002-12-09 03:00 PM

haunting, yes...powerful words and emotion here

garysgirl