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Grandfather Clock
Contributed by
Aeturos
on
Wednesday, 16th November 2005 @ 08:34:15 PM in AEST
Topic:
oops
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Curling ivy slithers,
Engulfing the wall
With vigor as though
The sun had still shone,
As though it still lit this brick wall.
Sickly ivy creeping,
Consuming it all.
The doorknobs had forever rusted,
The floor-ridden newspapers had once mattered.
Dust and dark prevailed
Over marble unchiseled and unbusted,
Covering walls on which paint was splattered.
Dust and dark reigned
Over mouseholes in wall moldings.
Blanketing bookshelves with antique holdings.
The ticking rings through the dark,
The tocking of a great wooden clock,
The ticking of a time forlorn,
A time long forgot.
Weaving through the tapestries' threads,
Dancing up the fireplace,
Along the blackened chimney,
Eternity it treads.
Had ballets been performed,
And masterpieces shown?
Was it an old hermit here,
Who lived alone?
This house will never see moonlight, sunlight again,
Condemned as a convict with his last meal.
Here a fatal ball swings
Where the pendulum glinted real.
The walls crash down,
The ivy is crushed.
Amidst the ground uplifted, the earth unsettled,
A ticking is heard across the field.
A tocking grand clock of mahogany wood
Stands proudly among the rubble.
It's pendulum still swings with a brazen glint,
Sending greetings to the morning sun,
Reminding that all hope is not lost
Even though all is not yet won.
Copyright ©
Aeturos
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2005-11-16 20:34:15]
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Re: Grandfather Clock
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by Butterflygirl40 on
Monday, 21st November 2005 @ 08:33:49 AM AEST
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| Nice Write!!!Welcome to YPDC.. |
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Re: Grandfather Clock
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 1st December 2005 @ 03:36:58 PM AEST
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| lonely clock ticking, gothically written I loved it. distinctive manner of expressions, love the title, quality, form all there... Raquel Leah :D |
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