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Chip, chip, chip. / Day after day, / The light sounds, / Short, impatient sounds, / Of the chisel, / Scratching at granite / Or white marble. / Flecks of stone / And rock dust / Choke the air, / As leather
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He pushes the plough forward, / The steel grating against rocky soil, / But he does not yield, / His dogs lunging forward, / Driving his oxen. / The sun beats down as he pushes forth, / As his plough pushes t
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Your horse’s hooves thunder over the track, / Raising a cloud of vermillion dust. / Wheels rattle beneath your golden chariot / And bump over the rough ground. / The scent of sweat cloys in the humid air, / As
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You lower your head, / Your ridged horns exposed, / Pawing the ground and raising a cloud of dust, / Snorting viciously for emphasis. / Unpredictable, we don’t know when / You will charge, or if you will; / Y
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Kneel before her, / Say your prayers, / Say your vows. / Pray to God, / Forgive my sin / In your mercy. / Pray to her, / To the altar, / Lest lightning strikes you. / This altar of stars, /
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The wings spread out, / A flinty eye fixed on the target, / As black talons clench / In deep anticipation. / Silently, she swoops, / A steep dive with the wind whistling / Through her feathers, / Wings tuck
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A burden so light for a man, / Filled with shimmering, flowing water, / As he stumbles along his path / With the gourd balanced on his head. / A drop of water flicks from the rim / And lands on t he ground;
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Radiant feathers trailing out / Bejewel the green forest, / The tropical colors / Painting a rainbow. / A golden eye surveys the trees, / G
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The chains are her death sentence, / Iron fate binding her to the power of stone, / To let the tide claim her / And for her to tame the jaw
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There are yellow paper stars, / hanging by pieces of string- / from the sky. / She walks beneath, / red lipstick smeared across her face, / eyeliner on her cheeks. / One step, two steps- / she walks do
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I'm sitting by the window, / the stars are rushing by, / the journey home seems longer now, / without you by my side. / / And in this neve
by fleur-de-lys
30 lines, 3 comments,
on May 11 6:21 PM 2007. In Spiritual, SciFi, Cosmic, Stars, Dark, Sad, Loss, Loneliness, Lyrics
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Starring out at moonlit skies With stars that shimmer in the distance,
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The boats of Red Bank While sailing the tranquil skies,
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Remember when
Everything was so easy
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But the ink still falls, splattering my page with stars.
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by She burns
14 lines, 2 comments,
on Feb 21 1:46 PM 2007. In Dreams, Hope, You and me, Joy, Wish, Stars, Wings, Heart, Beauty, Love
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by She burns
17 lines, 6 comments,
on Feb 19 2:26 AM 2007. In Deams, Joy, Happiness, Love, Hope, You and me, Stars, Hearts, Gift, Forever, Ourself
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by She burns
26 lines, 4 comments,
on Feb 17 5:48 AM 2007. In For you, Hope, Love, Dreams, Joy, Happiness, Longing, Romance, My song inside, Stars
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by She burns
11 lines,
on Feb 16 2:17 AM 2007. In Dreams, Joy, Love, Hope, You and me, Happiness, Life, Stars, Gift, Longing
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Oh starry night, Heavenly stars bestowing light,
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by She burns
23 lines, 4 comments,
on Feb 12 1:48 AM 2007. In You and me, Dreams, Joy, Love, Happiness, Self, Gift, Stars, Kisses, Trust
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Thousands of tiny lit candles Sprinkled across the sky
by Moonlit-Reveries
32 lines, 10 comments,
on Jan 26 12:48 AM 2007. In night, personal, thoughts, nature, moon, stars, slumber, dreams, insomnia
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These bright yellow lights I Iook up to see
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Let others have their millions, collect their precious things;
Just give me the great outdoors and someplace I can sing.
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