Burnt Into A Shadow

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ACROB@T

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Spoken dreams stay silent and blind themselves for fear of being engraved forever
Washed over a naked eye, thoughts whispered sweetly onto gentle lips
Patterns swell deep within the shadows bleeding into the veins of every blade of grass
Shimmering like velvet tarnished of all its beauty and innocence stripped away

Each curve of her burnt into his hands, each pulse entwined into a single beat
Every sense of the skin a shadow without its opposite
Hearts grow doleful, but when apart drowned in an ocean of love
Pulled apart from their embrace, both left strangers in the night

Alone but not forgotten its senses heightened from its pleasure in pain
Cast away on a forgotten vessal into the darkest mists of its own conciousness
Spirits torn down from their slumber in the hostile sky, forced to swallow their peace
To follow and to embrace, but never to cultivate a glimpse of shame

The same sun offers no sense of familiarity anymore, the lightest days no solace
Natures tears reflect the past better than any mirror could ever live up to
A gentle whispering moon only offers more time for contemplation and rememberance
As the two pass into one, a single moment can drag on for an eternity

A slave to one final moralization, a final tender melody to guide to sleep
A tear passing away early from birth cast away to lament
Laid down between silent consequence and broken memories
Dropped back into a shallow surrounding where two rivers used to meet

Passed away from thought but eminent in mocked regret
Cherished and caressed beyond the flames last voice is echoed
Never tainted, or left to shine less violently or envious
As suns fade away a burning mark left forever to resound

A frame of mind we find so hard to accept and to understand in all its clarity
Pearls of wisdom sliced open to reveal only a grain of truth or reason
Moments have past, souls joined hand in hand to forsee their reflections
Where once was fear, lies strength, where once was pain, lies hope
Where once was hope lies faith??.forever to bleed into one another



[This message has been edited by ACROB@T (edited 01-12-2002).]
 
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bring it back?
 
wow. I'm going to have to read this again a few times..

I love these two stanzas, especially the last lines

The same sun offers no sense of familiarity anymore, the lightest days no solace
Natures tears reflect the past better than any mirror could ever live up to
A gentle whispering moon only offers more time for contemplation and rememberance
As the two pass into one, a single moment can drag on for an eternity

A frame of mind we find so hard to accept and to understand in all its clarity
Pearls of wisdom sliced open to reveal only a grain of truth or reason
Moments have past, souls joined hand in hand to forsee their reflections
Where once was fear, lies strength, where once was pain, lies hope
Where once was hope lies faith??.


after such words I'll just have to forgive you
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thank you for the kind words BG..it should really be longer..the story its telling feels slightly rushed..if a bit incomplete

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I wander lonely streets
Behind where the old Thames does flow
And in every face I meet
Reminds me of what I have run from
 
This is great, I'm feeling excited over this gem here. I like the duality in this: for eg. the spoken dreams that stay silent, the moment that goes on forever, then sun without solace...

Where once was fear, lies strength, where once was pain, lies hope
Where once was hope lies faith??.forever to bleed into one another

To me, this is about the pain of truth and realization, how they uphold you yet sting you. "to bleed into one another" makes me think of two people joined forever just like how fear bleeds into strength etc. It's a nice phrase to end with.

foray
 
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