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Submitted by wellbelove on 20 October 2007 - 3:48pm.
Style / Type:
freeform
Alphabetical rivers
Flow through pebble dashed shores
Swam upstream by a woman that would not say
Burnt by words that were taken away
Drank by a man
With a childhood in his hand
Left to drown alone
By those who didn’t want to know
Paddled by all who cared
But did not know where to go
Every sentence sanity wanted to ignore
Piled high on crazy paved shores
Set high in a night without moons or stars
Burnt words calling out
As in the flames
Everything they stood for is plundered
The few words that escape the flames
Dance free in just one night
Ready to be drawn by a short dawn
They are freed by all the hours
That didn’t lie or hide
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this brings a
haunting to my heart your imagery is superb it makes me feel the pain as if suffocating from a blue hued scene of rivers and flaming trees, what words can set us free! thanx for the good read
heacvy duty Love
I think you should keep writing the words - stay in the light so to speak.
Truly,
Mark
Alphabetical Rivers
From beginning to end, captured me, and wouldn’t let go ~GREAT~