winter-Time

By tallygrowsome

 —because they say that his hands were full of snow armies
that fisted and broke; shattered limbs across invisible lines.
the paintings from half-remembered kisses were all a pig
-mented mess.

The slated shine of a home town vibrating in someone else's name
that fell down and melted down in the depths of his chest
while her bones fell away like stardust to reveal an eternity;
of sight over feeling.

—and at the end of the ranks of paper - thin creatures
one could see the truth in smiling; how it all tore the same
And he was their dust of the dirt and golden mire
until blocks of life caved,
and the temple fell.

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Copyright 2013 tallygrowsome
Published on Friday, May 3, 2013.     Filed under: "Poetry"

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  • rwb35 On Saturday, October 31, 2015, rwb35 (64)By person wrote:

    surreal, I've read it multiple times now, love the feel of it

  • A former member wrote: Hmmm? It's a tale I do not know but I love it being told all the same.

  • A former member wrote: Is this about a picture you are looking at? A painting? Hmm...I return again to conjure its meaning. Perhaps I won't know, but the pleasure of reading remains the same.

  • Markus Darkscribe On Friday, May 3, 2013, Markus Darkscribe (60)By person wrote:

    I agree, very unique and thought provoking . Welcome to D P.

  • A former member wrote: How totally unique! I like your prose~style writing which holds to a poem quite well. This is something I'll have to read and read again, to absorb its meaning; parts which seem not to be of the whole and yet the entire feel is complete. I love the imagery, such original ideas in each line, and the ending is an excellent slow fade.

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