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ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

0 posted 2002-03-21 05:16 PM

                    A Fate of Fools

       Is this fate, of which has No Name?
       when glorious lusty summer winds no longer blow?
       Hear me, and sigh upon salty breeze
       Feel cold from brazen flame with no heat to throw.

       My love lies to me, asunder spicy cypress
       Why must I take into bosom, this rumor of parting?
       If this be truth, I want no part of it
       If this be falsehood, then let it devour me.

       I cannot write what stargazers see
       Show me!  my eyes burn with innocent shame
       heaven's choir can no longer be silent
       This be the fate of fools:  passion unrestrained

       How the demons of confusion must dance!
       they sway only to the laments of loss
       Yet you feel not, what cannot be seen
       What safety is eternal at lost soul's cost?

       Come, if will allows, and warm our wine
       Hot rouge of blood, uncoil cold's grasp;
       I know thee:  when sea spray turns brittle
       force you, my love, to toss away teary mask

       Beckon they will, these regrets of yours
       When chances to amend are withdrawn and few
       With a sleight of hand, and diversion of eye
       What's wrought with seeds, into strong winds blew.

       And fell upon non-earth of sea
       where seeds drown without growing a leaf
       Nobler winter, no roots to find
       They've withered , now, from endless grief

       I can bear no thought, that you are lost
       in mists without our estate of mind
       Eternal Traveler who perpetually must seek
       burnished auburn of happier times.

                    ~    ~    ~    ~   ~    ~

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-03-21 05:32 PM

ShadowRider,
Your butterfly flies o'er a field of flowers but does not land. Enjoyed the read.

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

2 posted 2002-03-21 08:51 PM

"And fell upon non-earth of sea
       where seeds drown without growing a leaf
       Nobler winter, no roots to find
       They've withered , now, from endless grie"

These are some beautiful lines. Truly enjoyed this one shadow. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-03-21 09:01 PM

"I cannot write what stargazers see
       Show me!  my eyes burn with innocent shame
       heaven's choir can no longer be silent
       This be the fate of fools:  passion unrestrained"

BRAVO!!! Oh my gosh, your words never fail to amaze me, sweet friend, may you recover all your happy memories from yesterday's autumn and may they all rebirth in the spring of happiness now forever and ever! (smiles) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is wonderful! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Jeff, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

4 posted 2002-03-21 10:43 PM

Your writing always challenges me to look deeper than the surface, and this is no exception. A relationship on the brink of extinction, though giving one last desperate attempt to keep it from drowning...provocative!

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2002-03-21 11:56 PM

And fell upon non-earth of sea
       where seeds drown without growing a leaf
       Nobler winter, no roots to find
       They've withered , now, from endless grief

Very beautiful writing, Jeff

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

6 posted 2002-03-22 06:54 AM

Seymour: great fortune-cookie type response...Thankx!

Floria: worked a bit harder on this poem than most. Hope it shows,
and much appreciate of your words, Floria!

Noah:
may you recover all your happy memories from yesterday's autumn and may they all rebirth in the spring of happiness now forever and ever! These are some of the
best response lines ever! Don't know how to thank you, Dude, but they are felt!

Dulcinea:  Hi Lamb!  well..i wrote this as a personal extinction thing, or a relationship,
or a family interrelation, it was written open ended just for the reader to draw their
own conclusions.  Any resemblance, etc etc is purely coincidental.  *thanks Hon*

Munk-ster:  so nice of you to reply and thank you!  Sometimes its nice to be
the puppeteer in the puppet show, and not the puppet, huh?  *s*

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