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Array ( [sid] => 34802 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Akin to Darkness [time] => 2004-02-12 23:55:00 [hometext] => [bodytext] => the rafted waters lie barren this day
when children sigh in the halls of God
and long for hours of impious play
to places unseen and paths untrod

down from the sanctuary of fidgeting feet
and languid dreams of the carefree 'morrows
lies the place where silence keeps
a careful watch over gathering shadows

in a congregation exempt of light
such racous whispers turn the leaves
and if the pious were to hear this plight
the calls to heaven would shake the trees

yet near the edge of the blackened maw,
we spy a tiny child clothed in scarlet
his impish grin and curled paws
clutch a tome swathed in darkness

with saucer eyes and a trembling hand
he turns the final page
and so the end of the world began
by the banks of the Rio Grande. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 249 [topic] => 13 [informant] => full_blur [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )

Akin to Darkness

Contributed by full_blur on Thursday, 12th February 2004 @ 11:55:00 PM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

the rafted waters lie barren this day
when children sigh in the halls of God
and long for hours of impious play
to places unseen and paths untrod

down from the sanctuary of fidgeting feet
and languid dreams of the carefree 'morrows
lies the place where silence keeps
a careful watch over gathering shadows

in a congregation exempt of light
such racous whispers turn the leaves
and if the pious were to hear this plight
the calls to heaven would shake the trees

yet near the edge of the blackened maw,
we spy a tiny child clothed in scarlet
his impish grin and curled paws
clutch a tome swathed in darkness

with saucer eyes and a trembling hand
he turns the final page
and so the end of the world began
by the banks of the Rio Grande.

Copyright © full_blur ... [ 2004-02-12 23:55:00]
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Re: Akin to Darkness (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Saturday, 21st February 2004 @ 10:23:47 PM AEST
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Very creative!
luv, huggs,
emy

Re: Akin to Darkness (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 3rd March 2004 @ 05:25:23 PM AEST
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good use of language and sentence structure oh! and an excellent read.

wildejohnny.

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