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Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

0 posted 2004-08-26 04:26 AM

Dark is the night, bleak is
the landscape, within the
shadow of the mountain
nestled tight to it's base, a house is silent.

Wind whistles coldly around
the hard jagged edge of the
outcrops, clouds of dark purple
lour the montains summit.

Daylight smudged grey by
drizzle falling in slow unequal
stream, grey veiling of vegetation,
rippling floodwaters submerging fields.

Approaching the house, grey, slightly
shabby brickwork, is the facade.
Grimed windows, fogged with
condensation, reflect back the mountains shadow.

Flaking paint and peeling,
the door is warped but sturdy.
Faintly rusting door knob squeaks
with water, rusted by elements.

Creaking, the door opens to
warmth, eminating from an unseen
inner force.Sweet fragrance of
flowers from wild moors and
citrus fruits tangy on the air.

Rythmic deep sonorous
tick of grandfather clock
presents you to the moment,
hearts beat strangely with the tick.

Smooth silky feel of the
sandalwood furniture, mirror
sheen of the table, set with
thick wholemeal bread and butter.

Steaming tea, poured from
ornate flowered pottery teapots.
Strawberrys dusted with sugar,
their succulent smell rising from their bowl.

Deep stuffed chairs of warming
fabric, pulled close to the
roaring real fire banked with
turf, glowing hues of transient colour onto faces.

Turning suddenly to see the
wooden window rattle with booming
wind outside. Squeaking the fogged
icecold pane with bare hand to view out.

Murk black rain lashes down
in the windgale, fiercely falling
to ground so hard it dimples the mud.
Silky sheen of wet land to the horizon.

Lightening blue's the oak mantle,
thunder echo's around the mountain,
shaking the house to it's foundation
and the swirling snowglobe on the warm mantletop.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2004-08-26 04:35 AM

keeper!

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

2 posted 2004-08-26 04:50 AM

I love it.....perfect poety....so real...it is 3D jumping at me from off the page...

and I love the snowglobe line..hmmmmmm..I wonder where that came from?

Love xxxxx

~VQ

..and dance by the light of the moon!
(Mary and George Bailey~It's A Wonderful Life)

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