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PORTENTOUS PROGNOSIS

(If Mother Earth could speak...)

 

Iā€™m the first light of dawn setting fire to the skies,

the awe that ends with a soft, sated sigh.

Iā€™m the slow, gentle sway of ancient, lofty trees,

branches of life filled with wonders to be.

 

I am sands and seas; a warm summer breeze

blowing soft, whispered tunes over ever-changing dunes.

I am stars in the heavens sailing high overhe...

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mother nature ā€‰ Mother Earth ā€‰ portent ā€‰ prognosis ā€‰ beauty ā€‰ storm ā€‰ destruction ā€‰ despair

Fearful and Trembling

I slide down a rope
     into the empty chasm 
          which is your cold heart. 
I light a fire 
          in the depths of your despair. 
You hate me anyway. 
It rains. 
An ocean is born; 
          it swallows me whole. 
Darkness engulfs me. 
Surrounded by other misguided souls. 
I feel their cages; 
     I discover mine. 



NOTE: I wrote this at age 15. I have edited it sinc...

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heart ā€‰ sorrow ā€‰ despair ā€‰ love ā€‰ cage ā€‰ destined ā€‰ fate

Love in an open wound

 

I sat beside you on that fateful day,

As they sutured your wrists in A&E,

Their failure to keep you safe,

Was no failure of ours or me,

 

For try as we may to get you help,

Their ears were as deaf as their eyes,

Now we sit..... in our tortured state,

In the hollow your passing creates,

 

You will always be with us inside our hearts,

For as long as our minds wi...

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Loss ā€‰ death ā€‰ despair

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