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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 1999-08-15 03:02 AM

THE SAME

Roll the sanctions of midnight dawn
With penury of soul.
The chastisement of all hope spawn
Upon the caracole.

The spiral staircase wafting its way
Auspiciously through that black cloud.
Twisting, turning, never discerning
The embellishment of a shroud.

For my love, alone, stands next to none,
As there's none you wouldn't have before me.
And the golden chime of Death doth rhyme
A mystery ever to implore me.

The obscure thoughts of a brain that rots
Reaching their inept pinnacle.
O'er the fireplace of emblazoned grace
Upon the mantel, a hollowed skull.

A trophy in sort, the grim retort
Of what is and what will never be.
Solely enshrining, death intertwining
Forever, you and me.

For I, alone, may never see
Beyond the shadows of idle dreaming.
And I, alone, may never hear
Beyond my own silent screaming.

And I, alone, may never feel
The hungers hidden in a touch.
And I, alone, never again may hold
A memory I'll always clutch.

But I, though wounded, won't retract
Or forego on what I hold ideal.
And I, though blinded, won't look to
What's Destiny's, alone, to reveal.

And I, though deafened, would not call
In vain-thy thankless name.
For enamored Fate with Time relate
To Death, we are the same.

~one voice~
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since 1999-07-08

Posts 664
Billings, MT USA

1 posted 1999-08-15 03:23 AM

Michael, this is absolutely beautiful! I don't know even know what to say! Spectacular... you are one talented writer!

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~onevoice~

"She looked at her life
like lines, never-ending,
constantly forming,
reforming and bending."

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 1999-08-15 05:12 AM

I have never read anything of yours that wasn't absolutely wonderful! As this is...very haunting. Have you ever written a stinker? I bet not! Oh, well, we shall continue to strive to be as great as you...........

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

3 posted 1999-08-15 05:51 AM

I have no words that haven't been over used, so beautiful will have to suffice.

Lost Dreamer
Member Elite

since 1999-06-20

Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow

4 posted 1999-08-15 08:27 AM

Michael, This is awesome, you are so talented. Your words just flow so devinely.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

5 posted 1999-08-15 11:34 AM

I'd like to be like MIKE.!!.... (as good as either one of them would be fine)...

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 1999-08-15 12:33 PM

Michael,
The 6th stanza hit me to the quick. I don't need to praise your work, your work is praise enough. I never miss reading and enjoying one of your poems.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

7 posted 1999-08-15 02:04 PM

In agreement with all the above. Just wonderful!

poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

8 posted 1999-08-20 09:37 AM

I'm with Seymour on this, the 6th stanza really hit home for me....Idle dreaming...done my fair share of that. Most of my poetry is to show for idle dreaming when heart is numb....what else can you do in times like that ? Just sit on the bottom, look up, and dream of a better tomorrow.....Your fan, Gennifer

Back to the top !!

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- poet FemmeFatale

"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone..." Henrik Ibsen (1826-1906) Norwegian dramatist lyric poet

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