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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 1999-08-06 05:08 PM

Sandstone mausoleum,
...Stands against the sky,
Built in the depression,
...Why did the children die?
The Southard County Courthouse,
...Within its hallowed halls,
Where's the sounds of justice
...As the gavel falls?
Mark and Michael Anderson,
...Thrice birthdays they had seen,
Young twins and Susan Williams,
...Would not see Halloween,
Far away from hearth and home,
...The earth it did bleed red,
Out amongst the creatures wild,
...All three on ground lay dead.
In silence of the evening wood,
...Sounds forth the hounds of hell,
Twelve gauge shotgun to the head,
...And then the babies fell.
He was just a common thief,
...Who knew what lived inside?
Evil without conscience,
...And then the parents cried.
Court was held and justice done,
...To prison he was sent,
Life times twelve for killing three,
...And so the sentence went.
Fifteen years have come and gone,
...Since innocence was killed.
Remains within soul's blackened void,
...Why God, was child's blood spilled?
Some answers we will never know,
...Some questions we can't fathom,
And so I go to work each day,
...In sandstone mausoleum.

My slice of darkness....
God bless their souls....
October 29, 1984

[This message has been edited by Tim (edited 08-07-99).]

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

1 posted 1999-08-06 06:08 PM

Most excellent writing. Very disturbing. Thank you for the effort put forth and the posting shared.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-08-06 07:05 PM

Man Tim...you can tell a tale that absolutely rips the heart out of my chest...oh wait, have to rephrase that since I wear my heart on my sleave.....wonderful piece of work. Thank you for sharing it!

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

3 posted 1999-08-06 10:34 PM

Why, indeed, Tim? So on we go, forced to be dispassionate on the outside, beiing ripped apart on the inside. Excellent, excellent work.

Sally S.
Senior Member

since 1999-06-07

Posts 847
Ohio

4 posted 1999-08-07 12:44 PM

Whew.....talk about evoking emotion! Very well done...

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 1999-08-07 08:12 AM

Well done, indeed!!

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

6 posted 1999-08-07 10:12 AM

I think that sentence was MUCH too lenient, Tim.....
Your work is beyond poignant, if that's possible...

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Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done:
For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits,
Than I am sure I have in my whole five.
~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 08-07-99).]

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

7 posted 1999-08-07 05:19 PM

Thank you for your comments...
I rarely write about personal experiences...
so this poem hits close to home...

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

8 posted 1999-08-07 05:53 PM

Haunting tale, poetically done! I hope poetry is your release from the sadness of what you have to witness every day. Wonderful job here Tim!

Dragoness
Senior Member

since 1999-08-07

Posts 513

9 posted 1999-08-07 09:49 PM

Thank-You for sharing.Very well done.Truly heartbreaking.

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Set you heart free and your mind will follow.

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