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Countess
11-14-2005, 06:44 PM
Snow :angel:
Snow...is a most unpredictable thing
deep and desolate upon the spring vine,
unexpected, it blankets the smallest green
until all is winter and white

And beauty, monotone with ice
crunches loudly beneath my feet,

in evening’s sweet silence
not a peep—from bird, from spring,
all is frozen, asleep,
with the purity of Christ.


A mocking parody of death it is, :sick:
with the knell of the church bell
all their faces smiling sweetly
as the ball falls-
and falling-
comes crashing to the ground.

The throng gushes forward
embracing its newfound friend,
in 2001 all hopes manifested
all dreams full and bursting
with possibilities....

unrecognized.
As the gasping breath
of yesteryear falls silent,
I think to myself how quickly we forget
to love those who need it and
to forgive without deserve
those who don’t.

Along the sidestreets
in dark alleyways
I hear a baby wailing
as screams of sirens
pierce the naked darkness

Midnight visitors
scury back into their homes
rank with the smell of the kill,

A flicker of light grandly parades
before the night’s undead,
giving hope to an old man
--sitting Indian style--
with an open can of dog food.

Nonetheless, still oppressed
by the demon monsters within,
the looking glass shatters and fragments
into unrecognizable features,
still sharp as a razor blade
and rich with your blood

How long shall you be crucified my friend?
How long, and to what end?
Your captors nailed your hands and feet,
pierced your insides with lies
that you seem to believe

We are all willing participants
in our own misery…

smilingtearz
11-15-2005, 11:32 AM
Beautiful!!
Started so serenely...more like something dreamy...but ended with sharp reality!

Countess
11-15-2005, 02:26 PM
Thanks - I should have mentioned those were two separate poems. The first was "Snow", then came "New Year's Eve" with the first line being "A mocking parody of death it is".

I hope I didn't confuse anyone. I confuse myself enough.