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rad802
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since 2008-04-19
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0 posted 2009-05-10 11:31 AM


Fleeting by Rick Delmonico

When distance is measured in tears
and loneliness blankets the years
I know only what I feel, in this moment
however fleeting or ignoble

While we busy ourselves with our lives
until only a portion survives
on the arm of a galaxy inconsequential
that dances in the dark for an eon

Can we watch as the mountains erode
and become shifting sands on the nebulous shore
All of nature begins to corrode
and then freeze in the darkness to be evermore

When lovers are drunk on the shore
and expect passersby to ignore
Such a brightly lit romance in the soft sand
however fleeting or forgetful

When effort is focused and drained
To rise and dissolve, naught remained
Such a contrast to the patient universe
a billion billion lights for an eon

Can we catch all the granules of time
that spill into the landscape, begining to fade
All of nature begins to appear
a digital simulation that God has made


Rick A. Delmonico

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zaxby
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since 2009-03-05
Posts 48
California
1 posted 2009-05-10 07:11 PM


far reaching, descriptive comes to mind from reading this.

(Can we catch all the granules of time
that spill into the landscape, begining to fade
All of nature begins to appear
a digital simulation that God has made)

last verse and ending works

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