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RISING FROM A FALL
On slippery ground
I fell flat
Into muddy water
Soaked and drained
A cold wind blew
I shivered
Goose pimples
Covered my skin
Waking from slumber
The irony hit me, instead
It was a bush fire flickering
Fiery, flaming high
My clothes, untouched
The heat burnt my flesh
Eating deep into my mind
Looking down and up
I see people recoiling
From the ghost I become
Charred skeleton
Attracting detached pity
As well as condemnation
A judgment for the guilty
Deserving punitive penalty
Mock and laugh, if you may
My lessons are not yours
I needed to learn these things
A descent into the pit of hell
Where the elements play
In a chalice turned crucible
Crushing by pounding
To make me new again
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Inspired by an article in an old manuscript, It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics
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scribbler
Mon, 2011-12-05 18:47
hello
good images and pretty good content. Maybe fiery fire is a bit redundant though...............stan
t. reflexion
Tue, 2011-12-13 21:34
Thank you…
Comments noted and taken, best wishes
tr
A rekindled faith - Dancing in the Light
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