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All Along
Contributed by
weepingprophet
on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 02:31:21 PM in AEST
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quietly
we echo
chipped paint
a symbol
of our peeling love
cheap
the walls resound
with our pleas
to each other
to some god
some one
but where have you gone
in this cathedral
barefoot
and aching
racing through the halls
slamming doors
peering into mirrors
all frail
and empty
your impoverished eyes
steady
and waiting
perched for the cue
exalt this peeling love
of cheap paint and sterile halls
our stained glass windows sing
they plead
for the frailty to surrender
it's been years
locked in this cathedral
shrines for you
candles lit and smothered
by the stench
of cheap and rotting paint
the front doors open
holy
no light comes from within
barefeet stumble
desperate
to feel
anything but those hardwood
and concrete floors
racing upright
away from the wreckage
i can hear you sobbing
kneeled at the confessional
saying you knew all along
you knew all along
that you didn't love me
rituals are so subtle in their lies
so easy and quiet
in tripping the truth
but the fall echos
it is remembered
by every stained glass window
every figurine of holiness
and every shallow doorway
i have picked myself up
quietly
ran through these sacred halls
of us
and our cheap affection
our gentle absence of remembering
to tell each other
that love is a symbol
so count this slammed door
as the last one in our cathedral
i've left you kneeling
at the confessional
only God has ears enough to listen
as you say, " i knew all along, i didn't love her."
Oh secrets, I knew all along that you are a liar.
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weepingprophet
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2005-12-13 14:31:21]
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Re: All Along
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by Bohemian_with_a_pen on
Thursday, 15th December 2005 @ 01:35:23 AM AEST
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brilliant, as always
my favourite lines:
[exalt this peeling love
of cheap paint and sterile halls
our stained glass windows sing
they plead
for the frailty to surrender]
the simple beauty in your imagery
keep it up
XoXo |
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Re: All Along
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 5th January 2006 @ 05:27:45 PM AEST
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| yikes.. anger is right.. scream your words.. i pray since they cannot make their truths that yours is the greatest miracle... RL |
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