Firefly's Lament (Shiver)

By Army Barbie

(Before anyone reads this I want to clear something up.
This is not about my boyfriend [ahem...ex-boyfriend] This
Is about a friend who died a few years ago in Iraq, not a
Former lover. Enjoy, I hope hearts break and conformists
Are pissed off.)









I promise I won't break
Just...touch me.
I feel no pain
Just...your essence.
My lips are telling me to throw everything away
For a glimpse of your cold flesh.
My fingers...miss you.













(Shiver)















Let all restraints be the reasons you let everything go.
Defy your strings
They don't want you to succeed.
Touch me
And I'll make you smile.















(Shiver)















Hold me
And I'll make you sing.
Sing to me
And I'll bow down gracefully.

A dance with you.
And the magnolias will play
The violin strings of a wheeping willow
A crying song
That will singal the start of the piano of stars:
The firefly song of goodbye.





















(Shiver)


















Shoeless feet
Move in sinc
Atop freezing grass
A mound of earth...
On holy land.









On the brink of winter more hearts break.










You:
A gladiator
A prince
A piece of art
A chivalrous knight
A lone heart
A fallen tear
A broken mirror
A lost ray of sunshine

Your last moonbeam has faded
And upon it...I never got to see you smile.
Only break at the bad cards in your hand.

I promise I won't break
Just...touch me.
I feel no pain
Just...your essence.
My lips are telling me to throw everything away
For a glimpse of your cold flesh.
My fingers...miss you.















(Shiver)














[Turn off the beautiful mourning beam
Turn on the hate
And place the blame]













(Twitch)

Wrap the American flag
Around your annoying
Wanna-be defiant
Trying to be different
Throwing the finger at conformity
Conformists.

You live here.
You breathe here.
You work here.
You smile here.
All on YOUR OWN terms...
Because of lost warriors
Who stood up
Knocked down threatening souls
And fell themselves.

My best friend
My confidant
The tears in my eyes
All fallen.

Next time you want to defy MY flag
I'll wrap it around my finger
So you can focus your beady little eyes
And glare at the red white and blue
Telling you to FUCK OFF.

Read this symphony of a lost friend
And remember how wrong you are.

(Twitch)

















[The mourning beam returns, flooding the hate eulogy]

















(Shiver)




















Dance with me, my ghostly friend
Until the frostbite breaks the willow's limbs
And the magnolia withers.
Until the stars retire from their keys
And all I can hear
Is the lament of a firefly's goodbye.
























You still stand tall
Beneath the flag.

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© 2005 A Soldiers Girl
Published on Friday, November 25, 2005.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • archangelmichael On Saturday, September 8, 2012, archangelmichael (10)By person wrote:

    WOW... just wow I can't even formulate a response right now. I had a brother who was killed in Kuwait so this work touches on something very close to my heart.

  • A former member wrote: I'm speechless.. this touched something deep within me. I know you said this wasn't about a bf but I can relate to this very well. I could never put words to my feelings and yet, here, you have summed it up beautifully.. thanks for the write. -Ember

  • A former member wrote: beautiful.

  • thelostmessenger On Thursday, May 17, 2007, thelostmessenger (112)By person wrote:

    yes, hearts did break... mine did indeed. you can write. truely amazing. i feel for you. *messenger

  • LordBrosnian On Friday, August 18, 2006, LordBrosnian (44)By person wrote:

    you, my dear, are a poet. My god. I joined this site and scowled in self-righteousness besides a few poets. But you, delilah, swing your words with the adamance of a valkyrie!

  • A former member wrote: Very touching ...and incredibly sad you are a very good writer

  • Thorn On Thursday, December 1, 2005, Thorn (283)By person wrote:

    Holy hell. This ia an incredible write. I think the format really helped the flow and meter, which, combined with the briliance of the words, created an amazing piece. I love it.

  • veingo On Saturday, November 26, 2005, veingo (533)By person wrote:

    OMG I can't belive I missed this. ( Thanks Crono) It's wonderful as always Courtney. You never disapoint. ^V^

  • Eric On Saturday, November 26, 2005, Eric (78)By person wrote:

    "Until the stars retire from their keys And all I can hear Is the lament of a firefly's goodbye". Wow, what a stunning write. This is really incredible. I loved the whole thing!

  • A former member wrote: I can't breathe or swallow at the end of this. Words cannot touch this haunting magnificence.

  • Solitary Dreamer On Saturday, November 26, 2005, Solitary Dreamer (24)By person wrote:

    *shiver*...he would have liked it, I know I do..thankyou for this truly wonderfull piece..it's nice to see sombody who appreciates what we do.

  • A former member wrote: -tely epic. Thank you. ~Lost~

  • A former member wrote: What can be said about this really? You have captured something truly grand in this piece. You honor your friends memory and that of every american who laid down their life for something they believed in. This is heartbreaking, breathtaking, and absolu

  • Err0r On Friday, November 25, 2005, Err0r (365)By person wrote:

    I hate Iraq. I hate bush, but our soldiers all stand tall to take that leap of faith for our country...or for bush that bastard. Very nice write my friend.

  • A former member wrote: god, this is touching..i felt the shivers, deep inside, and it almost tore. "Dance with me, my ghostly friend Until the frostbite breaks the willow's limbs And the magnolia withers." your ability to create feelings from words always astounds me.

  • A former member wrote: *shivers violently* I HATE SHIVERS!!! And yet, in this form, I love them...this is so very wonderful, and so very heart ripping...another powerful write from a beautiful soul. *Shivers again*. *Evangel*

  • AniDayz On Friday, November 25, 2005, AniDayz (820)By person wrote:

    '(Shiver)'...damms. intense, powerful --beyond any explanation i can conjuer up...'(Shiver)'...i am...

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