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Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2004-08-15 10:53 AM

The fluff of you, so inviting to one’s eye
as a brief cough awakens me.

Tears have fallen endlessly through my
waking fears and slumbering dreams.
Lions dance and prowl the lamb in
their counter-clockwise stalk of ravaged
earth....as silence speaks the lamb.

Oh, but to put the hesitance of a
step in it’s rightful place, that I
might walk swiftly on the morrow’s
dawn. For the lead of me binds
my shoes to the weathered steps.
I can not walk away again....

For I must be the roaring lion
of soul and meek eyes of the lamb
that will stand and brace as the
lion’s roar rises steadily
to a scream, one as never
you have heard....ever before....

And darkness comes over all that waits.
The lion pants and the lamb sleeps
briefly the eye before the last howl
deafens my heart’s raging beat as
my lungs scream in silence, never
heard....never seen...and waters
lap my fearful thirst...once more.

[This message has been edited by Magnus (08-15-2004 11:37 AM).]

Marsha

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-10

Posts 7423
Maidstone Kent England

1 posted 2004-08-15 11:46 AM

Magnus darling man, dear man, oh how this echoes in the places within. I’m awed by this, truly awed, and left speechless

For once in my life I’m struck dumb, there’s nothing but wow in my vast vocabulary that can convey the powerful way this speaks to me

Love and warm stuff
as always
Mushy

Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2004-08-15 12:08 PM

Barry,
That's quite a thirst. Good write enjoyed.

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

3 posted 2004-08-15 12:17 PM

Wow. This poem packs an emotional whallop. So many excellent lines, each carrying their own weight. And the images it stirs in my mind are crisp. Well done.

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-08-15 12:57 PM

powerful

Copperbell
Senior Member

since 2003-11-08

Posts 956

5 posted 2004-08-15 04:46 PM

wow, going back to read it again...couldn't leave without telling you I enjoyed it. This one makes you ponder, and ponder.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

6 posted 2004-08-17 12:16 PM

I can feel the scream in this, BJ. This leaves me pondering mysteries of the times we live in, the lion and the lamb. *hugs* ...jo

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

7 posted 2004-08-17 10:41 AM

WOW!!! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! I am speechless....

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

8 posted 2004-08-17 11:08 AM

Very powerful write Barry, very well done

Pell
Member

since 2001-09-16

Posts 134
Pacific NW

9 posted 2004-08-17 02:12 PM

I enjoy your roars as much as your whispers.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

10 posted 2004-08-17 02:40 PM

barry, this is excellent writing...
what a profound read

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