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Dark Poetry #3

The House

fractal007
Senior Member

since 2000-06-01

Posts 1958

0 posted 2002-12-10 01:05 AM

This old dark room is filled with things
that once had life in a world of use.
In the centre stands a man with his books
surrounding him telling of his life.
There in the corner lies an old computer
surrounded by a pile of floppies and books.
There on the wall is a bookshelf covered
in books of poetry and books of photos.

If you ask the man what all this was for
he'll look at you and tell you he's forgotten.
There's a painting sitting on the floor,
a young man painting an older man's face.
The old man in the centre of the room will
never look upon the thing ever again.
It is too sacred and it carries with it
too much knowledge of the past's fears.

The older man stares up from the floor,
forever trapped, a look of concern on canvas.
Somewhere a candle burns, its precise location
is a mystery even to the old man himself.
Somewhere in this house lie stairs that lead
to a world seldom visited anymore by the man.
But I have been there, and there isn't much
to tell about, just more paper and books...

"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh"

-- Magus

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2002-12-10 06:56 PM

Kevin.. a disturbing collage of images that left me in question as to which ghost was more haunting... the observer or the man in the middle of the room... a lot of wrappings on this one...

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