her wizened skin
creased with wisdom
withered in death
hair hung limp
covering balding flesh
festered with sores
the black bird
made his loud shrill cry
as her spirit surrendered
they burnt the house
her pet flew away
never to return
Author notes
When people don't understand others, they try to get rid of them at times, or erase all memoryof them.
A contest entry
- Crow Gathering Crone Wisdom - One day contest by CarolDesjarlais.
525 points, ended April 20, 2007, 8 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Oh, what a great metaphor you have chosen to speak such words of truth...there have been so many with their hearts chewed out. Really well done.
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You are very right. People are afraid of what they don't know or understand. It is so unfair we judge people on the outside than the inside.
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this is so sad to me. i can relate to it though, perhaps that is why. i wish you the best of luck in this contest you have entered. viyanna rosemarie
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nice poem, I like how you used your words. I got to work on that myself so I can write like that. well gotta go schools about to be out.
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