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The river

Contributed by johndough111 on Friday, 28th February 2003 @ 04:30:00 AM in AEST
Topic: oops

The dam is old
Its gray big walls trembling, cracking
Violent waters of the river they revolt against constraint
The walls they cannot hold, and the flood will come, it will come cold

Minutes are few, and people have no clew
That the dam is weak, too weak for the strength of decades of oppression
To weak for the force that build itself through the endurance of bondage and impotence
The force that will strike soon with no concession

Control is lost and the ground begins to shake
People run, and people cry, all the people they despair
And as all their protection begins to break
They look at one another and think “how is this fair”

Blocks of cement explode, all will soon be engulfed
The giant blue hand of inevitability spreads furiously
Every man, and ever street, and every factory is mauled
Nothing is untouched now and the waters calm curiously

All is gone, the town and the dam
Betrayed by their faith in rock, their faith in steel
People lay in the bottom of the river
But the birds they chirp and they sing
Everything is blue again

Copyright Â© johndough111 ... [ 2003-02-28 04:30:00]
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Re: The river (User Rating: 1 )
by bobotheclown on Sunday, 2nd March 2003 @ 01:34:02 AM AEST
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I loved the imagery in this one. Very great poem never stop. If you only have one gift poetry is definitely it.

Bobo (Joel)

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