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EvocativeVerse2
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0 posted 2003-11-06 10:45 AM


Graveyard Lament

With my head crooked in lowly grace,
I anxiously trudge in this place,
Where the departed ever lie.
Memorials laid in a row,
Yea here death is the status quo,
My heart bids me turn a blind eye.

On the gusts of Thor blasting cold,
Distended clouds burnished with gold,
Sweep gently like birds on a pond.
In potter's field no sound is heard,
But still I tramp on undeterred--
--Because with thee I'd correspond.

O' teardrops spill out from mine eyes,
My sorrow's pigmented the skies,
Overwhelmed I halt where I am.
My breast is pitching in and out,
Yet my gaze I'll not cast about,
For if I do my mind I'll damn.

As whimpers still contort my frame,
I feel within a sense of shame,
'Tis an ill joke that I still live.
I pitch frontward onto the ground,
Against the loam I pound and pound,
My own kismet I'll not forgive.

Resting a hand on your headstone,
I recall the times when alone,
When we kissed by the fireside.
Evoking the warmth that we had,
It seems we were scantily clad,
Life was then an enchanting ride.

O’ yea my heart’s been deeply cleft,
Of hope and love I’ve been bereft,
This wound not even time can heal.
I feel such pain and wretchedness,
Yet I live on nevertheless,
This is the grounds' of the surreal.

When I close my eyes ‘twas your smile,
That made my existence worthwhile,
"How can a person so young die?"
I recall the way you once laughed,
How o’er the whitecaps you would raft,
We knew not then the end was nigh.

You lived but a minute of life,
You stayed but a trice as my wife,
Then the angels took you away.
Now as I'm saying these good-byes,
I plead daily for my demise,
For ‘tis with thee I’d ever lay.

Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history!

© Copyright 2003 Kevin R. Middleton - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2003-11-06 10:54 AM


This needs more time.  I'll be back.
Susan Caldwell
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2 posted 2003-11-06 12:37 PM


Kevin..



wonderful words...a tribute to your love.

"if you won't let me fall for you
then you won't see the best that I would love to do for you"
~Dido~

Brad Majors
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3 posted 2003-11-06 12:38 PM


well written!
froggy
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4 posted 2003-11-06 12:42 PM


Wow! Its beautiful Kevin yet sad too.

Hugs

Enchantress
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5 posted 2003-11-06 12:44 PM


Kevin you are one very talented writer!!
I'm keeping this!
~Smiles & Hugs~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
  So you won't ever forget me~

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6 posted 2003-11-06 12:47 PM


oh geez

I lost words.

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7 posted 2003-11-06 08:51 PM


Your words paint the mood of the write well.
I can see that you are working on your meter
and rhyme within this piece....keep at it,
you will get it down....progress is being
made...lots of it!!!

ice
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8 posted 2003-11-07 12:01 PM


Kevin
Poets must write the faces of both theatrical masks....this time, for you, it was the mask of tragedy....you have done well in that form..I have enjoyed it when you have written the other mask also...
Thanks for sharing.......ice


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