The Promise, A Tale Of Death Defined ( Prologue--{I-III} Before, The Need, Becoming)...

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The Promise, A Tale Of Death Defined ( Prologue--{I-III} Before, The Need, Becoming)...

ATelamon
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since 2001-02-06

Posts 328
Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up

0 posted 2001-03-07 11:11 PM

I. Before

Many things are said
by the many
And so much more expounded
by those labeled They

Yet the wind brought this tale
a winters subtle reminder

That Love has no beginning
and most assurededly it does not end

for even the Keepers of the Sky
and yea even mighty Death himself

before loves fire unbidden must
bend and rise there is No argument

II. The Need

Was before the eyes of man
before the Heaven cloud descended
to place its spark of life upon
this universe dark now begged to be defended

When gods so becoming were vaporous in being
and Light and Dark raged its forever battle
to name every place now deemed home to someone
a single figure arose invoking All things before

No temperance no moderation sought no battle invoked
nor pursued he wanton wars Light and Dark only he
the carrying of casualties of no fault retrieved
Ideas Ideals and Faults strewn on battlefields

To another place untouched in taking made his own
by no brilliance nor ebony claimed a place between
erected contrived itself from all that was slain
concepts formed its image a twilights dream

III. Becoming

Grown of every possible past origins form
Death enticed enthroned did stand upright alone
the first of lords whose bowing would be always
His realm forever known reaching for more evermore

His rememberance All encompassing all seen and known
each wisdom insight gift and profane delight his
every moment lived and sought each thrashing dream
of every ideal and giving ever sought to offer his

That place so solitary a realm he contained yet did
contain he all pondered spoken thought and more
All conceived in design or being finding a home as
all about him life burned and cried only to be free

To be Born

"Learning to listen, learning to see. Learning is Power, making me free. Free to believe again, in my Human side...Be a Good Day." Jon Anderson

[This message has been edited by ATelamon (edited 03-08-2001).]

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2001-03-08 06:59 AM

You made me smile with that last line...
okay...so I grinned quite a bit along the way too...but? am quite curious as to what, if any are your scriptural references, or if you view this as a personal allegory of spiritual growth or both and this is getting way too long for forum decorum...sigh...e me.

Oh...and into my library.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2001-03-08 07:09 AM

yes, I agree this was very well done and thought provoking and actually very calming to me this morning.

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

3 posted 2001-03-10 12:18 PM

An interesting composition, this. Have you considered utilizing more defining punctuation? I believe that in doing so, you may increase your chances of being more clearly understood. Something this poetic deserves every benefit we can give it. (o: Thanks for the opportunity to read and respond. I enjoyed it.

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

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