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- Nightriders
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Nightriders
- The last day and night of prison
Prelude
Warming against cruel dank air
nightfall candles fire
sparks turning into embers
sharp smoke urging light
into darkness
Old dreams soothing the chill
bringing me closer
tighter to sleep entangled
in this hour of eternity
Eulogies
Ancient fears have come again
wearing smiles hidden behind fire eyes
arriving in the night to toy with me
hands choking crystal
scratching the star sparkle
Determined words barren
hurting my ears
and laughing
They return again
and again
Tempered Silence
Let rest this weary rider
let me sleep
Scars and deep wounds
chiding the eyes of memory
as the last day withers
beneath more barren trees
weary and without rest
Let me sleep
Sequel Two
She is the morning
a tear hidden in whispers
soothing the bleeding wounds
letting the mind regain
forgotten sanity
Two hands
not quite touching
watch my chains fall away
I am free
- COMMENTS
twelveooneover 19 years agoneed me to tell you, these are great lines:
"scratching the star sparkle"
"chiding the eyes of memory"
Lose this:
"sparks turning into embers"
Anonymousover 19 years ago...great poem. This is one of those cases where I'd like to know the story behind - the seed - of this poem. I love the last verse.....
"She is the morning
a tear hidden in whispers
soothing the bleeding wounds
letting the mind regain
forgotten sanity
Two hands
not quite touching
watch my chains fall away
I am free "
...but the whole is so good.
flyguy69over 19 years agoThis is brilliant. Stark, moving and beautiful. One of my favorites, JD4G.
