Raised across the parapet of mind,
words frowned in distant gathering,
horizon-huddled holding to the edge
of possibility defined, waiting for
release upon the brooding ledge of
endless misunderstandings, restless
as they honed edges to deadly shine,
ready to cut without mercy; wielded
in a winnowing of mechanical fear,
compressing dry, cracked stalks of
hope into bales, tied for distant, ever
imagined Winters where life could
chew listlessly at dried remnants
of what had once been lush, ebullient
green salvation, thrust from fallow
earth, reaching always for the distant
anxious sky where sullen blues held
court for scattered sunbeams, tripping
through realities which danced slowly
at the bidding of bestial breeze, and
delicate, whispering winds which
rattled hollow husks, bereft of fertile
grains, abandoned, sterile, grieving
in those fields of futures known,
and unknown, where Occam thoughts
spread like scythes, laying waste,
rendering, reducing potential harvest
in death knells of dusty, dirty dying;
so did the paddocks sigh piteously,
deprived of all which had been
promised, before the war within
demanded one last, final solution.
http://dversepoets.com/2016/03/03/open-link-night-167/#comment-107609
words frowned in distant gathering,
horizon-huddled holding to the edge
of possibility defined, waiting for
release upon the brooding ledge of
endless misunderstandings, restless
as they honed edges to deadly shine,
ready to cut without mercy; wielded
in a winnowing of mechanical fear,
compressing dry, cracked stalks of
hope into bales, tied for distant, ever
imagined Winters where life could
chew listlessly at dried remnants
of what had once been lush, ebullient
green salvation, thrust from fallow
earth, reaching always for the distant
anxious sky where sullen blues held
court for scattered sunbeams, tripping
through realities which danced slowly
at the bidding of bestial breeze, and
delicate, whispering winds which
rattled hollow husks, bereft of fertile
grains, abandoned, sterile, grieving
in those fields of futures known,
and unknown, where Occam thoughts
spread like scythes, laying waste,
rendering, reducing potential harvest
in death knells of dusty, dirty dying;
so did the paddocks sigh piteously,
deprived of all which had been
promised, before the war within
demanded one last, final solution.
http://dversepoets.com/2016/03/03/open-link-night-167/#comment-107609
I love this section:
ReplyDelete"waiting for
release upon the brooding ledge of
endless misunderstandings, restless
as they honed edges to deadly shine,
ready to cut without mercy"
I love the phrase 'words frowned in distant gathering' and the lines 'anxious sky where sullen blues held
ReplyDeletecourt for scattered sunbeams,' which convey the atmosphere of this poem so well.
Love this.. we are there indeed on the razor's edge...
ReplyDeleteNice when the war within has a solution.
ReplyDeleteHope for such a happy ending for myself :)
delicate, whispering winds which
ReplyDeleterattled hollow husks, bereft of fertile
grains, abandoned, sterile, grieving
in those fields of futures known,
Loved this part.. you write beautifully...!!
Beautifully written!
ReplyDeleteI too specially admire this part:
ReplyDeletewhispering winds which
rattled hollow husks, bereft of fertile
grains, abandoned, sterile, grieving
in those fields of futures known
"chew listlessly at dried remnants
ReplyDeleteof what had once been lush, ebullient
green salvation, thrust from fallow
earth, reaching always for the distant"
I read a lot of darkness - but a beautiful and soulful write. Welcome to OLN.
Rendered well. Enjoyed the honesty.
ReplyDeleteOh, the power in each mighty stroke of words! Excellent, Roslyn! Walt
ReplyDeletei suppose.. A reaSonoW..
ReplyDeletefor poeTry iS to remind
folks from age agO..
EmoTioNs arE
reaL
when
lost
unfeeling
words..:)
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