Tag: death
group name: darksidepoets
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February 17, 2008 02:58 PM EST --
Move her into the snow,
Let her slow feet be dragged,
Her reluctance to die
Reflected on her face and eyes,
And the stoop of her tired frame.
Watch how she stands,
The hands prayer-like in . . .
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May 12, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
Ah,
Auschwitz,
Said Josef,
Even today
After all these years,
I can still smell
And taste the
Falling
Ash.
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May 03, 2007 02:14 AM EDT --
What could she say
In those moments,
The minutes ticking away,
The space narrowing
Between her and him,
As the light dimmed
And the heart pounded in disbelief?
She didn’t know,
Her mind . . .
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July 21, 2008 02:14 AM EDT --
Over in Gayston Bay
Someone took a girl away
They found her the following day
Stretch out in a field of hay
Cold and grey
Raped and strangled they say.
Poor Sally Clay
To be taken that . . .
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February 17, 2008 07:45 AM EST --
"Are we there yet?"
The girl asked,
Pulling her father's sleeve,
Trying to make out
His features
In the muted light
That came through
Cracks of the cattle truck,
Listening . . .
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March 02, 2008 04:12 PM EST --
She would draw
The curtains;
Peer through a
Small chink at
The moon; feel
The stark cold
Loneliness
Of the room
Behind; the
Empty cot;
The stillness;
The ghostly
Breath of babe; . . .
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June 28, 2007 02:01 AM EDT --
She took the child wrapped in death,
And held her close in her mothering arms
And kissed the brow with her tired lips.
Still now; no movement or crease;
No release of smile or wind;
No uttered . . .
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June 05, 2008 01:57 PM EDT --
The mourners come,
Each one set out
Along the way
From chapel door
To where the small
White coffin lies
And preacher stands.
One small red rose
Upon the lid,
To tell of love
And . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Proceed with caution
A sluggish cavalcade of polished black
Turns white with shock at pedestrian pace
Slowly move forward
Watch for signs of bloodshot wonder
Lest they STOP the . . .
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April 24, 2007 03:04 AM EDT --
Here is where she sat
And viewed the sea
Her eyes lost in the horizon’s hold
Like a child in a game’s grip.
Here is where our hands held
Side by side on the sandy beach
Each lost in ourselves . . .
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September 25, 2008 09:54 PM EDT --
I am reposting this one because I just can't seem to get anyone to read it. I am hoping the third time truly is the charm
I cried a tear this morning
When I woke and you weren't there . . .
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October 05, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
Sometimes she sits and broods
And knows the darkly moods
Will pull her down
And let her drown
In memories unlocked
From dark rooms. Nothing blocked
From the sad days and hours.
All this . . .
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October 03, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
Although the baby died
Some time ago,
You still light a candle
In the baby's room
To shed a little glow
In the room's dark gloom.
All is as it was.
The cot still there
Undisturbed; . . .
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October 06, 2008 03:14 AM EDT --
You didn't know then
As you hugged him,
That Jack
Wasn't going to come back;
That this was
As close as you and he
Were going to get;
Near as Hell
As lovers can be
This side . . .
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September 20, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
There's not a day
Goes by
When she doesn't think
Of baby's death;
Not a day
When the hurt eases,
Or memory weaken
To time's passing whims;
She still senses
The smell . . .
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July 14, 2007 02:22 PM EDT --
The blue blinds are drawn
The telltale signs
Are here and there
About her room,
The unmade bed,
The cast off shoes,
The nightdress thrown aside
And the bloodstained sheets
That softly tells
Of the . . .
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September 26, 2008 12:20 AM EDT --
EVERYWHERE I GO
Dedication to my best friend Lance; 1979-2006
Everywhere I go
I see your handsome face
And every time you look at me
My mind begins to race
Everywhere . . .
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October 26, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
She came to me one winter night
Darkening the moon's soft light
No fear, I felt only joy instead
Among the tombstones of the dead
Only one thing could . . .
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November 04, 2008 03:22 AM EST --
Your brothers in arms
Are stretched out along
The battlefront.
Leastways they were
Some time ago.
Their guns
Are oddly
Silent now,
No murmured words
Echo along the line,
No curses . . .
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December 23, 2007 02:36 AM EST --
They'll say that God had need of her
Before her time,
That angels sought her company
For beauty's sake
In mind or soul,
That stars will shine far brighter
In the night of all their dread . . .
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