9 August 2011

Memory’s kiss

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Memory’s kiss would a life recall

One spent walking on an eggshell

In tales untold for mind do appall

A hidden realm for spirits to quell

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A truth come hither that did befall

Aligned checkerboard of wane cell

From dark night to wistful dewfall

A tale between a heaven and a hell

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On endless journey of a downfall

That an open mind could foretell

But with a heart, a bond does thrall

And plunge into a bottomless well

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Of lost innocence on comes the call

For infants within our souls do dwell

Though treasons change spring to fall

A faith in heart with love would swell

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A jeering mind with nerve and gall

Of lurking secrets would never tell

But pelting stones like black rainfall

Would leer and peer while they fell

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And as they pour my soul they spall

Though faith my heart does indwell

A wanderer in fleeting justice’s hall

My life turned hue of bluest bluebell

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Great hopes a dreary mind enthrall

Wondrous times their secrets spell

A light would light however small

As joys in aches a mind would sell

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True seeker of core I stand now tall

Though all recounts he did misspell

No wicked one could my heart stall

Hear ye not chime of parting knell?

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A life like footsteps under snowfall

Fades as I hear yonder deathly bell

And all that would now be left of it all

Is a stark withering note of a farewell

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