Setting Sons

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Poem of the week

By marandina

Wed, 14 Apr 2021
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43 comments
 

I have seen the spectral darkness,

quiescent corridors where emotions quietly dissipate.

I have been in the unlit, silent void,

a vale of tears where weather-worn walls weep.

I remember time passing like shifting sand,

those people close to my heart, not forgotten.

I have mourned and served my sentence,

my conscience the jailor of metaphors,

so many thoughts cast as allegory.

Distant memories merely keepsakes now,

forged in my soul, my dimly-lit essence.

I look out at the endless ebony of night,

at the limitless boundaries of eternity’s horizon

and see you in moonlight’s faint glow,

now fading ghosts, silhouettes roaming the ether.

You will both be with me always

in the first shards of daylight

to the penumbra cast by urban street lamps,

until my fated final bell tolls

and we are together once more,

where the coruscation of stars

flicker in the eyes of Gods.

 

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Comments

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I can only concur and join in the praise your poem has received -and congratulate you on Pick of the Day.
Clever title by the way.

Cheers, Luigi

 

Submitted by marandina on

Thanks Luigi. You are an observant man, sir. Yes, there is meaning in the title. Thanks for noticing and for reading. Paul

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Week - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by marandina on

Oh wow. Thank you so much! Paul

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Paul

 

Such a wonderful poem. No wonder you got all the plaudits for it. I like the alliteration and the imagery.

Jean Day

Submitted by marandina on

Hi Jean. Thanks for reading and those kind words. Paul :)

 

Submitted by Hades502 on

Hey man, my apologies for not having looked at much of your stuff here recently. I've been busy for a couple months and will probably be busy for a couple more. No recent writing on my part. I just popped on here to do a little reading today. Solid piece of work here, good job.

GGHades502

Submitted by marandina on

Hey Hades - I was wondering where you had got to. I look forward to the next chapter of your novel soon then. I do have a short story to post soon. It's been a while. Paul

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

It's hard leaving feedback for your poems? Every time I read them I find something new, my understanding must grow, while I am away. Congratulations on POW, on finding a way to bring comfort through beautiful words. I felt such peace at the end, reading it this time. Thankyou

 

Submitted by marandina on

Ah thanks for reading, Di. The standard of poetry on ABC is very high so I guess it drives us all to try harder to keep up, your own work featuring amongst the very best, of course. Thanks again. Paul :)

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

You have raised the standard!

 To touch so many people through writing as you, I cannot do that? You do it over and over again, you are one of the very best :0)

 

Submitted by hilary west on

A poem from the heart: very well written !!!

hilary      cool

 

Submitted by marandina on

Thank you for reading, Hilary. Much appreciated. Paul

 

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