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A Heart to Heart
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A Heart to Heart |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
A Heart to Heart High above arched mountaintops where slope the sunlit green treetops and Sky's foundation, made of blue, is Heaven's bottom floor, a spiral staircase lead straight up and smelled of fresh cake uncorrupt then emptied to a chambered room just past a chambered door. A giant scale loomed silent there suspending plates each side on air and Osiris sat a jewelled throne of gold and blue and red. My time was up. It was too late to change my Life, to change my Fate when Anubis, large with jackal ears, said "Here we judge the Dead." "One side the scale is placed your heart wherein wisdom rests from end to start. Man fools himself and thinks to gain but wisdom rests not in the brain. Lightened is the heart that lifts Humanity from evil, waste and a world's insanity. Heavy is the heart that drags Man down to selfishly gain some feeble ground." "And no lie or alibi from them fails to dupe the scale's prime measurer, the Feather of Truth. For a lightened heart will not the Feather overtip but one made heavy will the scale down dip and the Devourer will come, croc jaws ice cold, eating hearts heavy made by deeds of heartless Souls. But the lightened heart will pass to a cosmic clime where Souls commune the universe 'til Resurrection time." "Now your hour has come and you tremble with Fear. They're bringing your heart. It's close. It's near. You've had a lifetime of heartbeats, true and untrue. Now their worth against the Feather is the measure of you." "Step forward !" Namyh |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I LIKE THIS. Well structured. Excellent premise and the balance of the heart is the surprising question. I had to read it twice. Not because I didn't fathom the poem, but just because it was so damn well written. This put me in a wonderful mood, although there is a part of me that wonders how the heart will balance out. But not much. Cheers! on good work. ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Wonderful poem! enjoyed! Kat >^..^< |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Stunning! I loved the heart of this. Owl |
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abhursty Junior Member
since 2009-02-25
Posts 45 |
Wow... That's seriously my comment. Just wow. I love the story, and the writing... Just wow... (Sorry, it's a bit late.) |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
You always stir my interest and admiration. Love your poetic ponderings here. I think you have got it right ... So let's keep the hearts feather light ... beautiful thought. Love, Margherita |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
JerryP - Some poets will make it to that cosmic clime and some won’t. If I make it, I hope to meet everybody there for the Poetry Fest in the Elysian fields. That’s why I’m repacking my luggage now. I was carrying too much weight and had to get rid of some or pay for it like the airlines make you do when you fly the friendly skies or when you just might be coming up against the Feather of Truth. So if they throw in this poem, your wonderful mood and comments, I might just make it. Thanks Jerry………….In Advance! Namyh Knowing this put a ‘wonderful’ in your day puts one in mine. Thanks Kat. Namyh Owl – The heart is at the center of things most of the time and is the best place to be stunned. You confirm my aim was on target and hit its mark. Thanks Owl. Namyh Abhursty – One ‘Wow’ and I can change the world. Two ‘Wows” and I can save mankind. Three ‘Wows” and I’m your fan. Thanks Abhursty for loving the story and the writing. Wow! Namyh (Margherita) – I manufactured this poetic pondering with 4 ½ cups of luminescent Hope, 3 tablespoons of radiant Confidence, 2 glowing drops of crystal Belief, a dab of butter and a small 7-up, then baked for 30 minutes. And if it stirred your interest and admiration, I could proudly say I got the recipe right and it’s keeping the feather light. Thanks M for stopping in for a bite. Namyh |
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