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Array ( [sid] => 55543 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Temptress [time] => 2004-07-09 21:54:38 [hometext] => A silly 5-minute write that harks back to the kind of poetry our teachers read to us when we were six years old. [bodytext] => Forgive me, my light one,
I do not know this path;
I fear the dark is beckoning
And weaker shall I last.
To live in cornered shadows;
To feel the mistened lights
That warn me, death is looming near,
Betwixt the shadowed nights.

The nighttime is a temptress,
I know her scent too well –
That fatal drawn seduction
Whose depths I cannot tell.
She comforts me, and draws me close,
So darker so I find
The world around me, beaten in
To cluster in my mind.

I did not seek this shelter,
I did not seek to rule.
Her it was, forsaken me –
Once tempted, twice a fool.
I must repel her clutches for
She dizzies me with love;
For nighttime is a temptress,
And I, a strangled dove. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 203 [topic] => 25 [informant] => wray [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 15 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => MiscPoems )

The Temptress

Contributed by wray on Friday, 9th July 2004 @ 09:54:38 PM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

Forgive me, my light one,
I do not know this path;
I fear the dark is beckoning
And weaker shall I last.
To live in cornered shadows;
To feel the mistened lights
That warn me, death is looming near,
Betwixt the shadowed nights.

The nighttime is a temptress,
I know her scent too well –
That fatal drawn seduction
Whose depths I cannot tell.
She comforts me, and draws me close,
So darker so I find
The world around me, beaten in
To cluster in my mind.

I did not seek this shelter,
I did not seek to rule.
Her it was, forsaken me –
Once tempted, twice a fool.
I must repel her clutches for
She dizzies me with love;
For nighttime is a temptress,
And I, a strangled dove.

Copyright Â© wray ... [ 2004-07-09 21:54:38]
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Re: The Temptress (User Rating: 1 )
by RobertKilpatrick on Friday, 9th July 2004 @ 10:03:15 PM AEST
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lovely, i enjoyed this poem...

Re: The Temptress (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Friday, 9th July 2004 @ 10:54:33 PM AEST
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truely beautiful:) hugs n' love nessa

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Re: The Temptress (User Rating: 1 )
by Vitreous_Soul on Saturday, 10th July 2004 @ 03:54:27 PM AEST
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Wow, this is impressive. Such strong rhythm, lustrous rhymes...and a dark message delivered with both flair and depth. I'm glad to have read this, as it's a polished piece of great poetry.

Beheaded with a steak knife,
-V.S.

Re: The Temptress (User Rating: 1 )
by Black13 on Sunday, 11th July 2004 @ 05:24:13 AM AEST
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Ooooh, beautiful imagery.
I enjoyed this piece Wray.
Very nice flow to it.

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