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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Once, golden towers guarded the horizon, Impregnable walls of stone Ramparts of hope and quiet perfection, Filled with many golden domes Through the years, an ageless work of wonder, Thriving with the flowing of time From the fertile plain sitting under, A seed, planted in my mind But then the winds of apathy blew With a certain kind of hate, And all that stood strong, it tried to undo, While whispering words of fate Echoes of a long forgotten memory Shatter the silence at dawn And all within hearing became weary, Shrinking from the calling horn Warning all who would stand and listen With a rush of sound and force, The cold wind of reality comes in, Gripping all who stay the course So we try to hide in shadows of fear, As the stone crumbles and falls Into a mist that clouds that which is near, ‘Til nothing is left of the formidable walls Into ruin, and tumultuous seas Alone, I am left behind To behold a graveyard of memories, They are pouring from my mind Out goes the light that will show me the way, Into darkness once again So I am left to take hold of the flame, Seeds of life burning within All traces have been swallowed in the deep Hope gives way to apathy, Pain has a way of lulling me to sleep, Despair somehow sets me free Betrayed by what I thought and what it seemed, The battle siege already begun When I let reality obscure the dream, My enemy had already won From the grave, my ghostly memories cry, Opening freshly closed wounds in my brain Screaming, they pluck out my eyes, Forever they will remain Rumors of the final soliloquy Whisper through ruins of rust Sweet as a dream, it washes over me, Like all dreams, I turn to dust |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
hey..its poetic that I'm IN HERE when you post this...  and I dont care where you post it...its one of my MOST fav of yours...its exceptional...truly... "But then the winds of apathy blew With a certain kind of hate, And all that stood strong, it tried to undo, While whispering words of fate Echoes of a long forgotten memory Shatter the silence at dawn And all within hearing became weary, Shrinking from the calling horn excellent!!! She says baby, It's 3am I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. Matchbox20 I love you baby... always.* |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Well, after all, it was you who guided me into this dark world...*L* |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
where else would you want to be stalk ya later... She says baby, It's 3am I must be lonely, When she says baby, Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, Says the rains gonna wash away I believe it. Matchbox20 I love you baby... always.* |
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danni Senior Member
since 1999-11-20
Posts 688wisconsin |
absolutly incredible piece. i am in awe of the imagery and left speechless. |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
I don't have any words either to thank you for saying something like that. And to think i wrote this just to get over a girlfriend... Thanks danni. |
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danni Senior Member
since 1999-11-20
Posts 688wisconsin |
hmmmmm......wouldn't have guessed it was over a girlfriend. quite an incredible metaphorical play of words. when love once pure and beautiful falls apart around you, it also brings your world crashing down. btw-your welcome.  |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
That is perfect danni! I didn't want it to be in your face, obvious type of thing. I was going through so much at that time(and who doesn't when they are 18 and at college?). I was hoping people would get different takes on this one. At the time, it was so painfully personal to me to just state how i felt. |
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