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Open Poetry #13

From Within The Glowing Embers Of Integrity

Embers_Before_God
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since 2001-03-06

Posts 101
USA

0 posted 2001-04-18 10:55 PM

From within the glowing embers of integrity,
Come the heart-held beats of frozen morals
That often melt within the dreams of men veiled in lucidity.

These unwise men searching in vain for complacency;
Their eyes filled with smoke as they seek wisdom
From within the glowing embers of integrity.

They watch through burning eyes coated in ambiguity,
As men greater than they, cup their hands, catching the waters
That often melt within the dreams of men veiled in lucidity.

The slackening pace of each footfall shows the incapability
Of charcoal-faced men attempting to douse the flame
From within the glowing embers of integrity.

And their glances are sullen, souls full of inebriety;
Their hearts lack the true wisdom to regain the morals
That often melt within the dreams of men veiled in lucidity.

I can only pray my friends are not betrothed in vanity,
For I know they can surcease the raging disgrace that comes
From within the glowing embers of integrity
That often melt within the dreams of men veiled in lucidity.

TkB
Copyright © 2001
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Dance with me under the moon. Touch my pale skin. Devour me. Love me.

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-04-19 09:36 AM

You do both the form, and the topic, great justice.

Well done!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-04-19 09:49 AM

WEll done! What is this form called again?

Embers_Before_God
Member

since 2001-03-06

Posts 101
USA

3 posted 2001-04-19 11:09 AM

Thank you for your replies...I appreciate it.

Oh . . . and it's a villanelle--kinda. I didn't include the second rhyme that rests at the end of the second line of each stanza. There is no good reason why I chose to do it that way...other than that's just how it turned out...Embers

[This message has been edited by Embers_Before_God (edited 04-19-2001).]

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

4 posted 2001-04-19 02:53 PM

Villanelle of complexity. I have read and re-read this and pondered the meaning therein. Each time I see something new.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Fading Away

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since 2001-03-14

Posts 3131
Lynchburg, Virginia

5 posted 2001-04-19 04:13 PM

Very beautiful poem. NIcely done!

--Marie

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

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