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Horror Of Prosperity
Contributed by
FRANCO
on
Wednesday, 12th August 2009 @ 07:12:53 AM in AEST
Topic:
SadPoetry
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Clinging to the window of my new home
My apathetic eyes scanned out,
searching for nothing In particular,
yet eager to see the unseen.
Through the pouring shower
Eyes spotted a couple drenched
To their skinny bones, staring
At me - with oceans of sorrow.
Quivering with terror, eyes filled with
Tear, they spoke to me with rapidness, tongue
I failed to grasp, but their tone of pleading
crunched my heart.
In time I gathered, bits and pieces
of their gestures, chattering and all;
wretchedly they said - the home that is mine
was theirs not long ago, progress that
brought prosperity snatched all that was theirs;
and made it all mine.
A hole in my thatch roof, afforded them the nest;
petite pair of sparrows they are, shattered by my fortune,
today marooned without a home, me a prosperous man
watched them cry in despair – loveless and alone,
from within my new home - bearing notches
of gruesome guilt on my heart.
Little pair of sparrows they are, so little did I bother,
Selfishly shattered theirs to build my sweet home.
-FRANCO-
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FRANCO
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2009-08-12 07:12:53]
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Re: Horror Of Prosperity
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by orphani on
Wednesday, 12th August 2009 @ 07:04:41 PM AEST
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deeply sensitive and moving
a true poet. |
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Re: Horror Of Prosperity
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 20th April 2010 @ 11:05:33 PM AEST
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so often I find myself thinking to myself who is this "progress" for? It certainly isn't for our animals friends. Incredibly stated.
You definitely have talent.
Thank you,
Tim |
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