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A Broken Man
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A Broken Man |
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rambling_words Junior Member
since 2003-10-29
Posts 44London, Ontario, Canada |
I stand as a broken man in a field of dying corn the light of the day drowning into the horizon of the sea its waters still flowing over the shore as the winter approaches from the north I feel the shortening of the day and the prolonging of the night hour after hour of burning candles silhouetting my soul in shadows I heal my wounds in darkness their emptiness lingers inside my heart it is a slow process unlike the changing of summer to autumn or autumn to winter it is a long process of waiting for winter to change to spring this is what breaks me on this late Thursday on the verge of November it may not snow tomorrow despite the uncertainty of Canadian weather but it is cold and it could rain weather that makes me wish I could lie down in the arms of an angel feel her feathered wings upon my withered body covers of knitted wool on skins of golden flesh instead I watch the Praire sun leave Saskatoon in darkness lyrics from a Tom Cochrane song rising out of the ashes of a fire wheat kings blowing in the wind of their queens voices travelling whispers of other story tellers spread out across the land east to west and everything in between I watch the last of white rays lay down upon the water blue black darkness and brown black emptiness on the barren ground under a canopy of emerging stars I pray to the unknown for sleep to come out of the constellations explosions of fireworks welcome me to the dreams of another night it may seem right to never wake with out you but those are the dreamers of a dreamer. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"blue black darkness and brown black emptiness" This is amazing... Susan "if you won't let me fall for you |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Solid! Good progression, and a crisp image in every line. Well done. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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