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Soleil
Member

since 1999-06-12

Posts 113

0 posted 1999-10-18 08:51 PM

Caught somewhere in a lost perfect trust
Standing at the edge of a garden
Where starlight is fixed as ice
And the accacia trees surround
Are the orphans of yesterday’s sorrow.
In their eyes is the hope
Found only through a child’s heart.
And though it seems the stars
Do not care
They stain stones with their blood
As fierce testament to their love
And do bear to hear the telling
Of the orphan’s story, once concealed.
For their mother was touched
By a golden light
A medieval halo
That changed the countenance
Of a future, once upon a time revealed.
And she then abandoned her soul
In preparation for its coming.
These orphans search to this day
For the opening that lies between
The dawn of obscurity
And the deepened twilight
Of maturity.
They age a thousand years
To a day
While their season remains the same.
In each lies dormant the passing
Of time
And a destiny no one remembers.

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 1999-10-18 09:26 PM

I like this a lot, Soleil
"....between/The dawn of obscurity/And the deepened twilight/Of maturity." - among many other good lines...

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

2 posted 1999-10-19 12:12 PM

I was lost in the beauty of the words! Very lovely, Soleil!

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Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

3 posted 1999-10-19 12:17 PM

I liked this as well, it had a mystical quality to it...

Soleil
Member

since 1999-06-12

Posts 113

4 posted 1999-10-20 08:09 PM

Not one good sonnet in weeks. But thanks.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 1999-10-21 12:05 PM

Soleil,
Enjoyed the read.

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

6 posted 1999-10-21 12:10 PM

Echoing sentiments of all of the above. Very beautiful - requires second readings just to capture it all.

Serraley
Junior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 11
New Zealand

7 posted 1999-10-21 06:25 AM

I'm blinking back tears. And the end is wonderful.

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As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;

~Gerard Manley Hopkins

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