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Alisha.   Follow

The king

Brune of blood In the dell
this gloomy night seems like hell
Sweet slumber in the welkin no more
A farewell tingles my soul
Today, my Sun sets in this realm
For the time has come for the ill-fated dreams
Ere you sing me yon lullaby
Tell me, is this how it feels to die?
When you behold the redness in the sky?
Alas, gleam of aurora always felt violent
Now i await for one that will never come
O' glory what have I done.





© on Jan 10 04:13 PM, Alisha.   
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Dorothy Parker   Follow

A Very Short Song

Once, when I was young and true,
 Someone left me sad-
Broke my brittle heart in two;
 And that is very bad.

Love is for unlucky folk,
 Love is but a curse.
Once there was a heart I broke;
 And that, I think, is worse.

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Cjshadow   Follow

Snow people

The snowstorm crafted her.
Crystallized water
molding new patterns.

Whisked around in cold wind
tempered by how it treats her.
The wind wisps.

She lands on a mountainside.
No man deserves
that pattern.
© on Dec 21 10:48 PM, Cat   
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Sarah Harry   Follow

silk cotton tree

Peel away the barks of my trunk 
till the hart is exposed
I was deemed to be
nothing but a jumbie tree

Folklore tells, of the lives of slaves
you blamed me, for taking.
Hammering away with fistfuls of agony
pleading for me to release souls
that is no longer existent in this worldly plane

Shedding your skin, blood and tears on me
will not answer the prayers you scream at me
I am but a silk cotton tree
like you I did not choose this they chose me
and did the mischievous deed here

I do not control the events that happen under my shade
They obstructed live and these souls that linger around
Won’t rest till the price is paid

Sarah
so this write is influenced by a Caribbean folklore about a silk cotton tree also knows as Ceiba pentandra, the tales differ in different parts this is just one of the many versions with a twist. i hope you enjoy © on Nov 06 04:27 AM, sarah harry   misc
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Heavenly Angel   Follow

Just For Tonight...

We were so good together...

Then, one day
it all just goes away;
vanished into thin air

I really don't understand...

The anchors that tie us
  refused  to rise;
the ties started to unravel

There is an intenseness
we shared; that we still share;
do you not feel it?

Can we put yesterday behind us?
Can we pretend we're still as good as we were?

Let me explore your heart together with mine;
let me travel with your hopes and desires..
I'm only asking you for just one more night

For in the morning, you will have gone again;
leaving me alone with the pain of missing you...

108 words

Used the line:
for in the morning © on Dec 23 04:06 AM   
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