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Preserving Death
Contributed by
Avarice_Riot
on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 03:29:03 PM in AEST
Topic:
Grief
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"They have tried."
"They have tried to sew the sunlight back into me
But all these needles only serve to poison my atmosphere
Give me a bed made from shards of glass
I see so much more in empty rhymes."
In passing through the darkest
of all forests
Don't stop to ask about
the boy who hangs from
the sleeping tree.
Here lies the one
most beloved in her life
Forever etched in her mind.
These long months have not
Decayed his enigmatic features
Hair like dark wood
still stays as straight as before
Skin as pale as porcelain
Those gray eyes blink
no more
Permanently put to slumber
by the Grim Reaper's call.
He rests, nestled in a bed
of ivy vines and sunless flakes
The old wound still
bleeds persistently
Closing and reopening
like gruesome puppet mouths
When the first red drop soaks
into the snow
His memorial will show
Because he always said
He wouldn't want the winter to die.
Even in the aftermath
She won't let go
She'd had an epiphany too late
She may have loved him
Silent, as if in sleep
The boy who hangs from
the sleeping tree.
"Tapping moonstones against my window
Sending brimstones past my eyes
These little disturbances can't chain me down
I see so much more in empty rhymes."
"...I see so much more
in empty rhymes,
My silent scythe."
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Avarice_Riot
... [
2003-10-11 15:29:03]
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Re: Preserving Death
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by sicknivesevered on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 03:34:32 PM AEST
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| Wow, that was very good. "The boy who hangs from the sleeping tree". I also must say that I like your username. Its rather elegant. |
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Re: Preserving Death
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 04:05:08 PM AEST
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| love it, excellent poem:) hugs n' love nessa |
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Re: Preserving Death
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by Stalkee on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 04:08:54 PM AEST
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| *agrees with Nessa* excellent poem! |
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Re: Preserving Death
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by Ronald on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 09:08:23 PM AEST
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| THis poem sounds cool to me! YOu always write good quality poems. |
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Re: Preserving Death
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by tease_whizz on
Monday, 13th October 2003 @ 07:54:14 AM AEST
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| this was excellent - it reminds me of lyrics because your writing has an elegant flow to it. some of the phrases stick out in my mind, i really liked... "They have tried to sew the sunlight back into me". Hope to read more from you soon, Kate x |
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