What she was and would never be

By Silver Spectre

Standing firm on the golden coast
Gazing feverishly upon the after glow
The falling embers of a ravaged heart
The ashes all but swept out to sea
He braces sorrowfully forgiving his love
Against the crashing hours of the flood
In the devouring sea of revelations
Of what she was and would never be

“Maybe”, he whispers to her memory,
“I laid upon you a life time of dreams
A gift I have learned to carry
The weight of which would drown you
The sum of which I would never part with
And how you adored what you could not hold
For that I will always remember your love
And that which I thought you were but was not true”

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Published on Thursday, October 16, 2003. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "What she was and would never be"

A former member wrote: stunning sadness......completely absorbing and completely dissolving both; this aches...wounds deep.
On Sunday, March 16, 2008, totaltrip (36) wrote:

hmm. :) aw
A former member wrote: sometimes we dream people into who they are not...
On Saturday, July 1, 2006, Sin (1135) wrote:

sadness so magnificently expressed cant help but become a form of beauty...this built a heaviness on my heart and with that last line resigned to leave me in the form of a sigh ~kristy
On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, Jaded Jezzabelle (328) wrote:

Beautiful....thats all I can say
On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, Dancing_Monkey (1228) wrote:

I can see why this made it to the finalists.. this was a nice write, emotions seeping out ..
A former member wrote: Seems like someone left a love in California!!!! Or is it California you write this for?
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

Excellent! Wonderful flow and feel to this piece, leaving me with an aire of mystery. I love your ending - "how you adored what you could not hold For that I will always remember your love And that which I thought you were but was not true"...
A former member wrote: This reminded me of something I wrote a while ago...wonderfully painful...singed with dismal love...lovely peice
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, Loserland (113) wrote:

this is beautiful...passion...pain...
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, Qwendragoness (12) wrote:

It is wonderful.....it is still hard to read some of your works but I am glad that you can get it out....Qwen
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, Crystal Passion (221) wrote:

wow... this is going to be a fave... XXkRYzXX
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, Drea (1388) wrote:

i read this 3 times. "The falling embers of a ravaged heart The ashes all but swept out to sea" i dont have words for this. maybe i will at a later point but for now. i'm speechless. a rare talent you have. i'm glad i get to read your work. ~Drea~