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Witness
Contributed by
Eriskay
on
Friday, 6th February 2004 @ 03:02:27 PM in AEST
Topic:
dedicatedpoems
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Did you see the black steed,
bred for its wide belly
and long spine?
Did you see the mare's sleek hide,
having no longer a coat for brushing,
but panels for polishing?
Panels polished so smooth
that no tear born of Heaven or Earth
might stick
But instead, roll lazily down -
Down past the curtained mane
Down past the pregnant belly
Down past the reflection
of an orphaned witness,
his youthful image aged
in the distortion of the droplet's trail.
Did you see in that moment
two brothers suddenly parted?
One, robbed of living his future,
the other, of his living past -
instantly becoming sole heir
to a painfully finite wealth of shared
experience,
paid in a steady trickle of memory,
no more tangible than the emtpied armour
in the black beast's saddle.
In truth my friend,
none but you could see
for our gaze does not reach so far
as Understanding.
And though Empathy does magnify Vision,
in the end
it is only a reflected image of Truth.
But even for this,
I grieve with you.
Copyright ©
Eriskay
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2004-02-06 15:02:27]
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Re: Witness
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by Jenni_Kalicharan on
Friday, 6th February 2004 @ 03:33:27 PM AEST
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Awesome write..
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Re: Witness
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by Wachumiri on
Saturday, 7th February 2004 @ 03:54:32 PM AEST
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A true friend not only laughs with you, but he will also cry. Keep on being that friend Nick needs.
Take care.
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