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Open Poetry #47

Hopefulness

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2011-05-04 02:53 PM

Like a thunderbolt the silence came
from out the sky to deafen me
to turmoil, strife, and clash of swords
between the enemies of peace.

Amidst the air that stuck within
I savoured so the feel of it
and felt it slowly, surely, peel
the air from lungs that couldn't breathe.

But muscles taut refused the call
to sink into oblivion
and held their stance like the stalwart
until the break of dawn.

Dawn broke, it did; it surely does
and 'tis the creep of sun's good rays
that infiltrates the night's foray
with brand new hopefulness.

Hopefulness? Oh, yes, indeed;
it's a gift open, unwrapped,
to place upon my mantle-piece
from this day forward until death!

Helen / 4 May 2011

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-05-04 03:59 PM

Keep that mantle piece dusted and shining.

~ I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time" / I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2011-05-04 04:29 PM

Will do, Jerry, even if it kills me!

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

3 posted 2011-05-04 05:01 PM

Wonderful poem Helen, as are all of yours.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2011-05-05 05:12 AM

Dawn is a beautiful synonym for hopefulness.

Another enlightening work from you, dear Helen!

Love,
Margherita

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2011-05-05 05:17 AM

Thanks, Marcia and Margherita. Sometimes the slices of life are hard to swallow so I just spit them out in words and see what I'm left with. In this case hopefulness. Not a too bad residue.

Love
Helen

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