I wore the time
like naked skin
Four seasons
with an end.
Your memory echoes from within,
and I'm sent away to mend.
Your voice and touch
are safely kept,
Where I haven't got a key.
Deep inside the hollow rhyme,
within my silent plea.
All my armor
had fallen down,
To a pile beneath my feet...
Never again will your fingers find
the fire within my heat.
My thoughts of you
Float gently across the surface of my mind
Where touch and tongue
Tie heart and hands
With truth and lies that bind.
The seasons always repeat,
but chapters can't rewind.
There's nothing holding on now,
No more weight of me...
--Declined.
Author notes
Muse Poem-Finale; resigning this muse in the spirit of "Letting Go."
I titled it Chapter 108 because it's in reference to a chapter of my life that is ending/has ended and the number 108 has a lot of significance.
During the equinox, Hindus practice 108 Salutations. This particular chapter of my life happened to begin during the summer equinox.
In Japan, at the end of the year, a bell is chimed 108 times to finish the old year and welcome the new. Each ring represents one of the 108 earthly temptations a person must overcome to achieve nirvana.
The total of all three digits of 108 (1+0+8) is 9.
12 x 9= 108 If you divide 108 by 2 or multiply by 2 the total equals 9. 9 is three 3s...3+3+3=9. 3 being the perfect number of balance. 108 is an integer divisible by the sum of it's digits.
Some believe that there are 108 feelings. 36 that relate to the past, 36 that relate to the present and 36 that relate to the future.
Some believe there are 108 lies that humans tell, 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance, 108 paths to God and 108 stages the soul goes through on its journey.
108 signifies the wholeness of divinity; perfect totality.
Zen priests wear juzu (a ring of 108 prayer beads) around their wrist.
Buddhist temples have 108 steps.
Shakespeare wrote "Sonnet 108" and on the 108th page of George Orwell's novel 1984, it has simply the words- "I love you".
The distance between the earth and the sun is 108 times the diameter of the sun. The diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth, the distance between the sun to the earth and also to the moon is 108 times the diameter of the moon!
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Wow. That was so pretty..
Needs improvement: How does the title go along with it?
Favorite lines:
Your voice and touch
are safely kept,
Where I haven't got a key.
Deep inside the hollow rhyme,
within my silent plea.
and..
The seasons always repeat,
but chapters can't rewind.
Love those lines!
Overall score: 9.7/10
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Title significance...
I titled it Chapter 108 because it's in reference to a chapter of my life that is ending/has ended and the number 108 has a lot of significance.
During the equinox, Hindus practice 108 Salutations. This particular chapter of my life happened to begin during the summer equinox.
In Japan, at the end of the year, a bell is chimed 108 times to finish the old year and welcome the new. Each ring represents one of the 108 earthly temptations a person must overcome to achieve nirvana.
The total of all three digits of 108 (1+0+8) is 9.
12 x 9= 108 If you divide 108 by 2 or multiply by 2 the total equals 9. 9 is three 3s...3+3+3=9. 3 being the perfect number of balance. 108 is an integer divisible by the sum of it's digits.
Some believe that there are 108 feelings. 36 that relate to the past, 36 that relate to the present and 36 that relate to the future.
Some believe there are 108 lies that humans tell, 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance, 108 paths to God and 108 stages the soul goes through on its journey.
108 signifies the wholeness of divinity; perfect totality.
Zen priests wear juzu (a ring of 108 prayer beads) around their wrist.
Buddhist temples have 108 steps.
Shakespeare wrote "Sonnet 108" and on the 108th page of George Orwell's novel 1984, it has simply the words- "I love you".
The distance between the earth and the sun is 108 times the diameter of the sun. The diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth, the distance between the sun to the earth and also to the moon is 108 times the diameter of the moon!
Etc...etc...etc...
CHAPTER 108 was the chapter I write of.
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Thanks for letting me know! I know there was some kind of story to it and I was right.
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I love the rhyme and the flow. It all goes so well together. Thanks for entering.
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Wow, perfect describing, this is entering the finals for sure!
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