Reprieve (A jaunt into freeverse)

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Reprieve (A jaunt into freeverse)

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

0 posted 2000-01-08 02:18 AM

There is
A place –
A sweet, lonely place

The wind complains into my ears
Caressing my hair
My skin
And cold like stone,
The stone below me – the stone
That is me ...

And there, atop
That lonely spire, gazing upon
The unquiet sea,
I stand in quiet reflection
Of darkness above ...
Below ...
(Within)

There is a peace
(Numb)
That fills me – I am content;
Not as a lover
Who finds forever in another's eyes
Not as child
Who looks ahead
Not as an elder
Who looks behind ...

I am content
As is the stone beneath me;
That has stood for time uncounted
Gazing upon the unquiet sea ...
Awaiting
That future
When it crumbles into her
Ready embrace ...

You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end.

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

1 posted 2000-01-08 02:58 AM

Free verse suits you well, Kess. You should continue to expand your writing in this area. Love you imagery and symbolism.

Michael

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

2 posted 2000-01-08 08:05 AM

Yes my Dear...I do believe I love your jaunts into any style verse!!!!

Keep 'em coming...I'm ready to read!!!!

Blessings,
Jenny Lee< !signature-->

Words bloom like flowers that seem astonished at being born.

L. Pirandello
16th Century Dramatist

[This message has been edited by JennyLee (edited 01-08-2000).]

danni
Senior Member

since 1999-11-20

Posts 688
wisconsin

3 posted 2000-01-08 03:00 PM

Yes, I would say this suits you well too. I greatly enjoyed it. It really allows you to feel the mellowness of simple contentment.

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

4 posted 2000-01-08 04:26 PM

Indeed my friend you do well with free verse but my opinion is suspect so...

Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©
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"Either kill me or take me as I am,
because I'll be damned if I ever change..."

Count Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
(Marquis de Sade)

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