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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2005-02-10 02:50 PM

beneath the sun

beneath the sun, a turbaned mind
unfolds another day
while eyes of glass are focusing
upon a vulture’s prey
prepare for war, prepare for death
prepare to be a man
the predator stands vigil o’er
the barren desert sand

among the stars your fate is scrolled
where life and death are one
of equal weight upon a scale
beneath the Arab sun
fight on, young man, the moment’s here
to offer skin and bone
as though a sacrificial lamb
beneath a silver dome

tomorrows and tomorrows
never gather in your eyes
no hint of childhood fantasies
beneath a man’s disguise
the yesterdays and yesterdays
are not for looking back
today will bring a thousand tears
beneath a veil of black

a mist enshrouds the legacy
that once inscribed a race
another cloud of tyranny
invades a turbaned face
and so, young man, the hour is yours
the blind will meet the blind
with only dust, but never pride
or honor left behind

a thousand and a thousand years
are slow to come undone
and victory cannot guarantee
that anyone has won
a lamb is just another lamb
a gun, another gun
so quick is life to disappear
beneath the Arab sun

Elizabeth Santos

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-02-10 02:55 PM

Never, ever do you fail to move me
with your writing...whether of a meadow,
or a desert parched by the sun.

You are amazing.

Libraried.

Karilea - if I whisper, will you listen? Keeping in mind, I must stand close...and keep my promises...

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

2 posted 2005-02-10 03:01 PM

internal rhyme
and an ever present rhyme
in your own time
always

... you write ever so beautifully

and I remain a faithful reader...

thank you Liz,
sudhir

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2005-02-10 03:03 PM

apply composed by one grand lady and maestro
elegantly written with a song in her heart....lovely Liz thank you

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2005-02-10 03:05 PM

Now you know it takes a really "good one" to make me cry and this did just that! I feel so lucky you and are I friends - calling right now

Sure! You were not home, of course you were not home! Call you tonight Liz.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all art and science.
Albert Einstein

~ Carpe' Diem ~

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (02-10-2005 04:09 PM).]

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2005-02-10 05:19 PM

Liz

You are sensitive and full of light!

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