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Across the valley of your mind,
You trail a loneliness that everyone fears.
The sharpness of thought
Is blunted by the gathering twilight
And the shadows that once knew their place
Are bold to come upon the green pasture of memory,
Slowly, surely, alienating you from everything and everyone.
Today increasingly confuses you with its simplicity
And soon you will slip into the comforting arms
Of a long ago day
When time held no fear and fear had no meaning.
And as you ebb and flow on the advancing tide of uncertainty,
You will make laughter sound heavy,
The heaviness of the cruel burden you have to carry.
And as the sun seeks a deeper setting
Your eyes will be dulled by sadness, retreating to a haunted
Desperate landscape where only you will dwell.
And I ask, what can we do? For we too must carry a burden,
A cruel certainty,
The certainty of decline and the declining certainty
Of who you are.
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Declining Certainty.
Date: Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 09:59:05 AM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: cashfan1
Now that the sun is setting
Across the valley of your mind,
You trail a loneliness that everyone fears.
The sharpness of thought
Is blunted by the gathering twilight
And the shadows that once knew their place
Are bold to come upon the green pasture of memory,
Slowly, surely, alienating you from everything and everyone.
Today increasingly confuses you with its simplicity
And soon you will slip into the comforting arms
Of a long ago day
When time held no fear and fear had no meaning.
And as you ebb and flow on the advancing tide of uncertainty,
You will make laughter sound heavy,
The heaviness of the cruel burden you have to carry.
And as the sun seeks a deeper setting
Your eyes will be dulled by sadness, retreating to a haunted
Desperate landscape where only you will dwell.
And I ask, what can we do? For we too must carry a burden,
A cruel certainty,
The certainty of decline and the declining certainty
Of who you are.


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