Among Bramble and Thorn

By FallenSky

The blossom of sorrow
Had bloomed in my heart,
And its hard lapis petals
Had all fallen to art,
Had all burned in the unlight
Making ashes for art.

Quietly now,
I am torn from my home,
The one bastion of comfort
That seemed like a home,
And the slumber that sated me
Is now lost in the gloam.

And my pain never rests now
That I am found all alone,
Never grants me the freedom,
To be happy alone,
A pain that longs to remember
When this heart was my own.

My beloved would sing to me
In my dreams as I slept,
But her soprano is drowned now
By the sounds my sobbing;
Her voice was so sweet,
I couldn't stop myself sobbing.

The songs lead me to gardens
Where all the brambles are bent,
Where all the dread brambles
Lie broken and bent,
And the grave of my hopes
Is still shallow as yet

The grave where I buried
The remains of my heart,
After she found it,
And tore it apart,
When I only left her
With the whole of my heart

And I lay on my grave now
All covered in thorns,
The poetry in me,
All dying and dead;
Within the dread brambles,
Thorns veiling my head.

But this azure lyric
With roots in my heart,
Is entwined with the brambles
Always feeding my art

I can vaugely remember
A time spent in the sun,
When I wished to believe
My beloved, the one,
Yet the seeds of the blossom
Were sewn in that sun,
Shining with unlight,
Petals burning as one.

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© 2009 FallenSky
Published on Friday, June 26, 2009.     Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"
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  • DoctorAsh On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, DoctorAsh (371)By person wrote:

    Haven't seen you around in 50 years!! Beautiful pieces friendy!

  • Narcissa On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Narcissa (391)By person wrote:

    Sometimes poems are more like music and this one sang to the beat of my heart...enjoyed this a lot...I need to check out some of your other works.

  • A former member wrote: fruit of the bramble right here... in death there is life, as life in death, and this revealed in christ like imagery how poetry thrives with pain... and pain with poetry... well structured, nice emphasis through repetition.

  • RubyXero On Saturday, June 27, 2009, RubyXero (481)By person wrote:

    wow. this piece was amazing. I love the style and flow you gave this...I haven't read a piece like that in quite a while. How beautifully refreshing.

  • A former member wrote: proof the poetry in you is not dead....it just slumbered deep for a while. Painfully beautiful this piece is.....

  • disposable On Friday, June 26, 2009, disposable (103)By person wrote:

    beautiful and astounding! this puts me in mind of old edgar for some reason. please, write on...(lovely title as well)

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