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Open Poetry #18

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Ladyhawke
Member

since 2001-09-01

Posts 86

0 posted 2002-01-30 06:55 PM

A balmy day
A clear blue sky
A soaring raptor
To catch the eye

The currents
Hold her wings
Aloft,
Streamlined feathers,
Smooth and soft

Her shadow small
Against the sun
Will melt away
When the day is done

But oh! A shriek
Now pierces the air
For the weapon
Caught her unaware

Her wings fold
As she plummets
To unforgiving earth,
Her shadow growing
Larger, widening
Her girth

She struggles
As she lies
Helpless on the ground
Who could ever
Profess to shooting
A hawke with an arrow?

Cupid. I am the hawke
Impaled upon his arrow's
Shaft.

As my lifeblood drains
Upon the ground,
I realize love
Shot me down.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2002-01-30 07:15 PM

You took me by surprise with this one, Lady. The ending hurts. Well done!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2002-02-16 01:35 PM

Enjoyed this little adventure...James

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-02-16 06:51 PM

So glad James bumped this back up, I had missed it! Well done!

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