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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-08-19 05:25 AM


It’s a run because there’s love
being chased by everyone.
and “Go away, oh, fiendish foe
of my complacency”
like a repetitive
bravo call for more.  

And the encore follows on,
“I wish I’d really loved”
through the ages rebounding
time and time again.

But because there is no end
beauty stays a beast
until a velvet curtain
draws lines and crosses out
yet another failure.

And the dark follows on
“What did I do wrong?”
through the ages rebounding
time and time again.

But because there is no end
beauty rises once again
and appears on the stage
a younger version when
life starts all over again.

And then love follows on
in a run being chased …
tra, la-la, la-la,
ain’t that a shame?

Helen / 19 August 2005
(Just because it’s Friday and time to dissipate tensions of the week)


© Copyright 2005 Helen - All Rights Reserved
passing shadows
Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
displaced
1 posted 2005-08-19 06:53 AM


because it's Friday, yes, I understand
LeeJ
Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

2 posted 2005-08-19 09:41 AM


But because there is no end
beauty stays a beast
until a velvet curtain
draws lines and crosses out
yet another failure.


whoa, yes, indeedy!

very intense, deeply tought out and well written...it is a marvelous write, and so are you.


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