Things in the garrison

By brainbent


If only my eyes could recognize the serenity of her smile. Then darkness might detour the depths of my heart. Would love then relegate these monsters into the fathoms of old memories and subtle scars?

In the vast tracts of a wanton glance we construct empires. Monoliths of opaque dreams and elusive emotions. To be worshiped. To be given sacrifice. we kneel before it with the hope it will shepherd us forth into some greater misunderstanding.

So here in the unrelenting depths of a human soul the adventurous and the lost seek out some unknown treasure. Heroes and hooligans wander catacombs buried deep beneath everyday thought.

Such are the spirits cast by an absent gesture. Phantoms to populate subconscious kingdoms. Denizens of a world that always is but can never be. All of it neatly hidden in the hearts and minds of the lonely.

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© 2008 brainbent
Published on Saturday, June 21, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: the sometimes exquisite carnage of living, still living and breathing among the walking dead.. .. . gritty piece and luxurious in language.

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, June 21, 2008, carlosjackal (3016)By person wrote:

    Wonderful, wonderful piece. Language and flow gorgeous and succinct. Welocme To DP :) -Carl

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, June 21, 2008, carlosjackal (3016)By person wrote:

    *Welcome.

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