Open Poetry #36 |
Flying Into Dover |
ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
A black coat, with a hangman's hood Is filled with moth and mouse holes- Of street-light, sealed beams And tarmac designates- the city Stirs awake, just before dawn- Yawning at hints, that near is day. Four am, long flight; below A kitchen light tears another gape. A mother stirs from restless sleep To greet in tears, the coming of the plane... She bears a cargo also, Not cold-solids, but fluids Of human sadness: out of balance, Unlike the plane She is overburdened, Her spirit feathers shattered- As forever she will drag A maimed and useless wing; Grounded-overburdened By the unliftable weight Of a thousand broken dreams. The dark wrap is now in shreds, Torn to yellow ribbons by daylight- The plane, unloaded, realights- Going east on another, mission flight, To make more sad returns disguised By darkness-cloaked beneath The black death-hood Of a different night. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So...that is where the pink contrail led from yestermorn's light overhead... I had wondered where it might have been headed... now I know. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
May her spirit feathers mend and lift her high into a sunlit sky of dreams to be realized. An engaging write! Linda |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Beautiful write Ford. See you Saturday. :-) |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Oh my goodness! Ford, you should put a hankie alert on this one. I really admire your writing. ....jo |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Thank you all for reading and the replies... This was written on the day that the 2000th soldier was killed in Iraq..well shortly before...That awful figure promted this from me... Sorry about that Jo, I should have put out the hanky alert... ----------ice ><> |
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