Glitter And Dust (For Christopher)

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Michael

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0 posted 2000-03-17 04:43 AM

GLITTER AND DUST

As perfection lies its own fault,
Who then shall guard the Welkin vault?
What treasure awaits gleaming eyes?
What pleasure there baits dreaming sighs?
What measure of Fate's scheming lies
Now brings us to our knees?

For Love must die that Hope may live,
But Love must live that one forgive.
And so the vicious circle springs
To rides pernicious demon wings
On superstitious golden rings
That chain us like disease.

For Time's mystical enigma
Flutters in heart with Hope's stigma...
To tip the tide, to break the will,
To rip the pride, to shake the ill,
To slip, to slide, to wake the still
That none escape her call.

For few see the glitter in dust.
Yet fewer still own eyes of trust,
Nor should forfend fascination,
Nor would extend explanation,
Nor could suspend animation,
To keep them from the fall.

That Love is dead, Hope may yet live
forever!

Michael Anderson

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For all behind was dark and drear,
And all before was night and fear.
How many hours of night or day
In those suspended pangs I lay,
I could not tell; I scarcely knew
If this were human breath I drew.

Lord Byron

[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 03-17-2000).]

Nan

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1 posted 2000-03-17 07:38 AM

"Hope may yet live forever"... Without hope, what have we got, my friend..

I like it..

Cerenity
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2 posted 2000-03-17 10:25 AM

Hi Micheal,

You see glitter in the dust very well, Your poems express it all of the time, its amazing the power of hope.

Cerenity

devina
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since 1999-10-28

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3 posted 2000-03-17 12:18 PM

This is better than good my sweet...hope Chris reads into this well...you've treaded on some sacred ground with this one!!!!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Butterflies_dont_cry
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4 posted 2000-03-17 08:20 PM

This is superb Michael!! Given from one true of heart to another...nothing can be more beautiful than that.

Butterflies don't cry
Are they more blessed than I?

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2000-03-17 08:34 PM

serenity applauds quietly, acknowledging that
she doesn't have a clue as to just what the
hell is going on...(but she knows what she likes...)

RainbowGirl
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6 posted 2000-03-17 08:38 PM

Wow!...Michael...

"Yet fewer still own eyes of trust"

I hope, I always see through eyes of trust, no matter what happens, I owe it to myself to give everyone an equal chance...

What a line!..

HUSG

I love the way I look in your eyes, I'm just me tho'...
We are all works in progress, no?

Dark Angel
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7 posted 2000-03-17 08:43 PM

I really love this Michael, superb writing as always though. Bravo!!

What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Samuel Coleridge

Denise

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8 posted 2000-03-17 10:16 PM

Hope is the thing that keeps us going! Beautiful poem, Michael!

Denise

Christopher

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Purgatorial Incarceration

9 posted 2000-03-17 10:26 PM

Needless to say, I loved the entire thing... we still walk the same path my friend... ironically enough, we wander the same forks when the road changes as well.

The third stanza kicks some serious booty here. I loved the internal rhyme scheme which led to a quickened pace that matched my feelings through the read!

Kickin ass my friend!

Severn
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10 posted 2000-03-17 10:52 PM

Well - like this!

Now you see Michael - I just can't do this kind of thing...

Wunnerful stuff.

K

'Writing sharpens life;
life enriches writing'
Sylvia Plath

Janet Marie
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11 posted 2000-03-18 10:03 AM

For Love must die that Hope may live,
But Love must live that one forgive.
And so the vicious circle springs
To rides pernicious demon wings
On superstitious golden rings
That chain us like disease.
----------------
For few see the glitter in dust.
Yet fewer still own eyes of trust,
Nor should forfend fascination,
Nor would extend explanation,
Nor could suspend animation,
To keep them from the fall.
----------------

I dont know which i'm more in awe of...
the meaning of this poem(as my small minds translates it)

...OR the awesome way it reads with the pace of the rhyme and the excellent choice of poetice words..
another lesson in poetic perfection M, you are the master...(smile)
jm

Michael

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12 posted 2000-03-20 07:05 AM

Nan, without Hope - we are dead already!!!

Cerenity, hope is very powerful...I am glad you see it evident in my work.

devina, yeah, this one can get a little ticklish if one chooses to let it.

Butterflies_dont_cry, Truth in emotion is the very essance of poetry. You're right, nothing could be more beautiful.

serenity, ROFL, glad you liked even if it flew kind of high for you.

Rainbow Girl, Ah, those eyes are an asset, indeed - but I'd bet they seem to collect a lot of dust at times... don't they?

Chris - We are definately cut from the same mold me thinks. I don't know where this road we're on is taking us but I walk it proud knowing you are there with me.

Thank you all for your kind replies.

Michael

[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 03-20-2000).]

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