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Array ( [sid] => 67372 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Shades of Gray Solemnity [time] => 2004-10-14 02:39:06 [hometext] => 10-14-04 [bodytext] => The storm marches into the valley
like a gray army conquering the sunset,
while orange clad trees bow in reverence
as it passes,and the haunting moan
of the bleak October wind screams
from their branches.

Thunder rumbles in the distance
where ancient gods throw
lightening bolts like bombs
onto the sodden hearts of
weary unbelievers.

It begins to rain,masking the teardrops
of well dressed women in black veils
gathered around a blue casket littered
with pink roses where the thoughts
of death wag from the mouths of
holy clerics in sombre sentiments.

Infants cry in the loving arms of young mothers
who walk hurriedly for the warming sanctuary
of quiet rooms and rocking chairs to soothe
the rain-soaked anger of their dampened bantlings.

The clouds race on in well formed ranks across
doleful windows of fourth floor hospital rooms
where sorrowful faces peer despondently at
trickling raindrops with fading hope of brighter
days.

The rain stops.The thunder is distant again,
and all is silent in the valley once more,
where conquering clouds have given way to
twilit skies bursting with the dazzling light of
a million stars,and the lurid countenance of
the rising moon.

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Shades of Gray Solemnity

Contributed by slayer_015 on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 02:39:06 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

The storm marches into the valley
like a gray army conquering the sunset,
while orange clad trees bow in reverence
as it passes,and the haunting moan
of the bleak October wind screams
from their branches.

Thunder rumbles in the distance
where ancient gods throw
lightening bolts like bombs
onto the sodden hearts of
weary unbelievers.

It begins to rain,masking the teardrops
of well dressed women in black veils
gathered around a blue casket littered
with pink roses where the thoughts
of death wag from the mouths of
holy clerics in sombre sentiments.

Infants cry in the loving arms of young mothers
who walk hurriedly for the warming sanctuary
of quiet rooms and rocking chairs to soothe
the rain-soaked anger of their dampened bantlings.

The clouds race on in well formed ranks across
doleful windows of fourth floor hospital rooms
where sorrowful faces peer despondently at
trickling raindrops with fading hope of brighter
days.

The rain stops.The thunder is distant again,
and all is silent in the valley once more,
where conquering clouds have given way to
twilit skies bursting with the dazzling light of
a million stars,and the lurid countenance of
the rising moon.

Copyright © slayer_015 ... [ 2004-10-14 02:39:06]
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Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by Remy on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 03:13:58 AM AEST
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ooo, i love the picture you weave in this!! awesome...

-smelly_man!

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 03:28:09 AM AEST
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Very well said.
Awesome writing.
luv, huggs, smiless,
emy

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by lapse on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 03:58:10 AM AEST
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awesome imagery dude...a bloodbath of the earths elements. very cool!

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by metro on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 04:16:02 AM AEST
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thank you for taking me out of my own atmosphere for a little while...
i really like the way you write...

-metro

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by Rxqueen on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 08:53:07 AM AEST
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Wow, such vivid imagery, I felt it, it was really great! Good job!
"Infants cry in the loving arms of young mothers
who walk hurriedly for the warming sanctuary
of quiet rooms and rocking chairs to soothe
the rain-soaked anger of their dampened bantlings." my fav part.

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by jaeann on Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 12:00:43 PM AEST
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wow.......you had me at the title.....and then you gently placed me years ago against a rainspattered window in a fourth floor hospital room .......that too ended with a tiny casket.......you have a talent with words and imagery ......you take the reader on their own separate journey......your work belongs bound.....on a shelf.....with well worn and frayed pages........

Re: Shades of Gray Solemnity (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Saturday, 19th July 2014 @ 06:43:18 PM AEST
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excellent title, and the imagery, wow and wow,
this poem is sooo beautiful!!

hugs n' love nessa

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