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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2004-01-03 07:20 PM

a book of matches
lay on the table
three spent
two bent
candles having wept
their ooze
banked in
a pool of booze

the fireplace
full of ash
and dying embers
fading promises

one match
had chosen to give warmth
two had furnished
a lovely glow of light
but that night
it was not enough

a ring lay
encapsulated
within the wax
long stemmed glasses
lay in the tracks
of red
within the shores
of paraffin

a crumpled bit of linen
lay in a heap
on the floor
another on the nightstand
by the door

brokenness
echoed through the halls
dripping pain
about the walls

morose shadows
began to fade
into the darkness

closure

What’s so good about closure?@!@!

©January 3, 2004

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

1 posted 2004-01-03 07:22 PM

Oh my gosh....the pain of this poem tears at the soul and leaves...not closure but a feeling of tremendous loss...

wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

2 posted 2004-01-03 07:27 PM

a lot can be said with a minimum amount of words..and that is just through picturing a setting such as this..Happy New to you!

ecrivan

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2004-01-03 07:33 PM

Wonderful cryptic lines. Well done VAS. Joyce

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2004-01-04 12:16 PM

Virginia,  this river runs very deep....and
the swirl of it catches the reader,  pulling
them toward the seas where hope or desolation float...Here,  take this raft and
get out there,  paddle around,  enjoy the
rays....listen to the gulls...and dream...

wickedbeautifulpoetry
Member

since 2004-01-03

Posts 84
Indiana, USA

5 posted 2004-01-04 12:19 PM

I absolutely love this poem!
Immensely beautiful!

-katie-

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

6 posted 2004-01-04 12:47 PM

Wow...!!!

Eric

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-01-04 12:59 PM

funny where we find our muse sometimes

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