as the sacred garden wilts

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Jannel
Member

since 2000-01-18

Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA

0 posted 2001-01-09 05:36 PM

a sacred garden withers here
where lovefruit grew
maybe even yesterday

(please)
don't leave me dried up

desperate

i'm certain
for a moment
day
week

i bore the most beautiful fruit
known since eden
scarlet berries glistened in day's first light
surrounded by lush crystalline fauna

one frosty day
and it wilts

was it ever really that beautiful,
or is memory deceitful?
look at the dried blood berries
and cracking darkened leaves
they could never have offered so fine a taste
as my daydreams imagine

   they must have
   tell me that you tasted
   tell me they were perfect
   anyone-
   please...
   i know they must have

   they must have

all i want is sulight
all i need is a warm spring rain

one more chance to bloom
to prove beauty
to taste sweetness it it's fullest
to save the garden i love

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

1 posted 2001-01-09 06:24 PM

Tend those blooms and fruits in your souls' garden don't let them die for lack of light and love.
Superb hon!!
Isis

*The heart of education is the education of the heart...*
~Isis~~Sovereign of the Spirit.

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

2 posted 2001-01-10 05:46 AM

Jannel, this is so plaintive, and poignant. It's a lovely piece of work...

'was it ever really that beautiful,
or is memory deceitful?
look at the dried blood berries
and cracking darkened leaves
they could never have offered so fine a taste
as my daydreams imagine'

It's true that memory can be deceitful - we often create our memories...sigh, sometimes it is better that way I think.

great job

K

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

3 posted 2001-01-10 06:03 AM

Jannel, this is really really beautiful!

was it ever really that beautiful,
or is memory deceitful?

I guess sometimes it can be

again, I loved this!

Maree

I need a lullaby
a kiss goodnight
Angel sweet love of my life
Oh, I need this

~Natalie Merchant~

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

4 posted 2001-01-22 12:59 PM

very well written..

hope you bloom again soon...

hugs, g

"i was thinkin'
if you were lonely
maybe we could leave here
and no one would know
at least not to the point where we would think so..."

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