Behold the ferryman
The humble servant to your every wish,
A stranger to this darkened land,
You have come here to find
What hides behind your reflection,
Underneath objects of affection,
Down curious paths to the other side,
All the misplaced memories you might find,
A journey you could not resist ;
Can you smell the stillness in the air,
Uneased by the sickly sweet silence of it,
We cast off in search of the answers,
To all those elusive questions
That you should have quietly dismissed ;
You need to see,
You want to understand,
What returns home from the mists
Will be nothing less
Than the shadow of a shadow,
A pale and hollow heart,
Forever lost innocence ;
It is the price of wisdom,
It is the fare I seek,
You must exchange your illusions
For the only truth that could ever set you free ;
Not even the ravages of time
Could wash away the stains of human savagery,
For the deceived
To believe
You must truly see ;
We come upon the stilled ageless masses,
Gravestones
Like a river of diamond laced ice,
It flows on relentless
For endless aching miles,
Haunted faces frozen into each perfect facet
Like fragile paintings of faded grimaces and smiles,
Running timeless through the valley of the tragic.
You can hear the echoes of their wailing cries,
An angry melody
Haunted choruses of grief
To all those lost memories defiled ;
Children hanging from the trees
Like innocent iridescent chimes,
Blown by cold acid winds
Caressing them into a crystal lullaby,
The final frozen flash
Reflected in the horror of their eyes,
Tears like salty mercury
Fall softly into the silver oceans
That pool beneath their shrine ;
Behold a forest of cinders
Where happy homes once stood,
All those dreams reduced to ashes
Just twisted imprints upon wood,
Tread lightly upon their charred yesterdays
That reddens your skin with bitter ancient rust,
It was so many lives and dark days gone by
That now cover you like crimson angel dust ;
Fear no evil,
Come take my hand,
The shock and awe of it all
Will eventually pass,
The dead speak no riddles
You cannot learn to understand,
Sail with me now
Upon this ship of sadness
Onward
Through a sea of glass :
Author notes
Option 4
AUthor ID : Redrusty66
A contest entry
- Plethora Of Options by Play Pretend..
650 points, ended June 10, 2008, 27 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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writtin i like the story you potray but then you have a deeper underlined meaing -
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Thanks much, Always an honor to hear another artists thoughts on a piece.
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Love the way you ended it
Fear no evil,
Come take my hand,
The shock and awe of it all
Will eventually pass,
The dead speak no riddles
You cannot learn to understand,
Sail with me now
Upon this ship of sadness
Onward
Through a sea of glass
beautiful dark write...impressive -
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Thanks ever so much for your time and consideration, always makes it worth the effort to see another artist find value in a piece of my work. Thanks again.
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wow. the imageriy i this piece was fantastic and it flowed so well! I loved the theme of the piece and it's flow of vocabulary. Materfully written
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Thanks so much for your time. It was a fun write. Always thrills me when another artist finds worth in a piece.
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this is deep and enchanting with plenty of absolutly brilliant lines! i love the immagery of those sparks of genius that make me want to go and twist them and think about them and spit them out in my own words and in my own poems and in my own dreams... thank you for the good read and good luck in the contest. as a matter of fact i have become such a fan of your work that i would like to have you come and write a poem for my contest. its only got 1 entry so far and i am sad about this. so come give that 1 entry a run for the points.
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Oh thank you so much for the comments. I am always thrilled when someone gets something out of my work. I will certainly come an check out your contest.
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i have checked out your contest... got inspired by that as well and just completed my entry ... i hope it works for you
but even if it doesnt thank you for the muse
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This is intersting. The flow within this poem is amazing and I really loved the word choice. You did an amazing job for the option you chose. nicely done.
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Thanks much, I always appreciate the feedback.
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