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Messiah misread
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Messiah misread |
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Gavin Junior Member
since 2003-06-22
Posts 47 |
A vessel in the field Untouched, in doubt of change A messiah left inside a basket No home, no name Would you take him on your own Or send him on his way Would you burn the field In spite of nothing Just to seize the day Throwing back the cycled disciple Into the waters from whence he came Swore him off and waved goodbye With a smile and blessing all the same Would you go down with the ship The one you had helped to sink Stand in shame and pride defeated Just waiting for the brink The edge of the world and the edge of the end The end of the light, inside the can, encased in crystaled tin Through water turned rust as steel fixed fingers begin to push They peel back the winter they pull back the rush As the sorrowed dam begins to break killing the town in a torrent of lush, Waters so blue their cries became dormant, The towering wall, their inevitable casket, So blue and beautiful as it falls Taking every man women and child back down to the muddy fields, to their fallen messiah, the child in the basket *this wasn't about moses or jesus, just a thought of how a good idea can become so clouded people will die and more importantly kill to protect standards they themselves are not yet willing to live up to |
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lil' Angel Member
since 2003-11-14
Posts 116 |
Excellent poem. |
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tecoyah Member
since 2003-11-16
Posts 83NY |
well thought out, and colorful in wording...nice take on old story |
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Gavin Junior Member
since 2003-06-22
Posts 47 |
thanks you guys |
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