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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-06-28 06:06 AM

I stand in the shadows away from the glare
of the righteous who stand still and stare
and cling to the trees, the remnants of dreams,
and my faith in a power unseen.

Sure and slow like the break of daylight
there bursts from the shell of lifetimes
the strength to declare an undeniable truth
unknown in the days of my youth.

But the sun; how it burns and chases away
all meaningful things to the shade
to sit out the time alone in the dark
and bear the load of a broken heart.

But I step from the shadows a figure in light
prepared to stand up to the fight
for all that I am, all I feel and now think,
if hidden, I know, isn’t worth anything.

And all of us worthy will see soon enough
love is made up with threads of “tough stuff”
able to hold through the whirlwinds of life
as they forcibly seek to uncover a lie.

Love never lies or hides in the shadows
or silently waits for a better tomorrow
but declares today in spite of the glare
of the righteous who stand still and stare!

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2004-06-28 06:26 AM

interesting concepts but confusing in some places.

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

time prophet
Member

since 2003-07-30

Posts 371
In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees

2 posted 2004-06-28 07:19 AM

Theres no broken heart in one who truly loves. Just love that burns forever.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2004-06-28 08:48 AM

Kethry - sorry about the confusion. Sometimes things seem clear to the originator but then don't come over correctly.

time prophet - there are so many aspects of love and to truly love also has a physical aspect to it which, when absent, most definitely leads to a broken heart or at least a severe and continuous pain somewhere in the approximate vicinity thereof. To live like that forever is a harsh sentence but perhaps it's just part and parcel of life. Sorry - got a bit carried away with this reply.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-06-28 12:52 PM

vivid write...love the ending especially

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