Valediction, Donne-ing a Dark Cloak

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Open Poetry #19

Valediction, Donne-ing a Dark Cloak

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2002-03-27 08:34 AM

Let me pour,
Tear before thy face whilst here,
For thy face
Makes them race,
And thy stamp they flowing bear,
And they pour.

Thy mintage,
Tearing diamonds weighing gold,
Fruits of grief
No relief,
Resting on cheeks growing cold,
Silent rage.

In my cloak,
Dark as the grief that grips me,
In seeing
Thy being,
Prepared in death’s cold beauty,
And I choke.

No words said,
As thy casket encloses,
Thy soul sleeps
My eyes weeps,
Tossing thorny red roses,
With bowed head.

With the earth
Mixing with my blood and tears,
Sprinkles on
Then all’s done,
Ending thy journey of years
Of thy worth.

The rain falls
A mist lighter than my eyes,
With calm winds
Thy life ends,
As the remaining just cries,
But life calls.

In dark cloaked
Stitched with strong threads with thy hands,
Thy are done
Now gone on,
I’m left with lone soul that stands
Now rain soaked.

Gloom
* Inspired by John Donne :A Valediction: Of Weeping

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-03-27 09:24 AM

More.

Please.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2002-03-27 09:26 AM

yes...more please....

Zinsser
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since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

3 posted 2002-03-27 09:41 AM

but life calls....

Connie

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

4 posted 2002-03-27 09:43 AM

Thank you, Sunshine & Cpat Hair,
Perhaps I’ll be able to continue on with this
With a slight reversal of line lengths and other changes,
But keeping the theme.

Thank you, Zinsser,
It always does, It's up to the living to answer.

Gloom

[This message has been edited by Professor Gloom (03-27-2002 09:44 AM).]

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