Dust

By Midnight Phoenix

The magic seemed to disappear
As the last shimmer of pixie dust
Fell softly into the great below

A dark quiet freezes over
And the surrounding emptiness
Seems to weigh heavily upon
This meager soul

Remorse offers company now
With each short breath slowly fading
Wiping away the emotions once felt
Leaving just enough residue in memory

Small bits of thought left sparkling in my palm
Each beautiful crystal cutting deep
Yet I hold tightly to them out of nature
Hoping for some sort of release

But the shards ignore my plea
And with each thought I wince
A little more until the memories
Cut themselves apart from this
Quiet soul
Forever

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Published on Tuesday, January 20, 2004. Filed under: "Poetry"

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Comments on "Dust"

A former member wrote: i luv the last perigraph, its awsome!
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, Dancing_Monkey (1228) wrote:

lovely read.. :o)
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

very poignant, effective piece, with a lot of excellent imagery. purr
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, OLd SouL (717) wrote:

well worth the wait. :::OLd
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, maddin foxxxy (358) wrote:

I absolutely got caught in the web of words that built the whole write...this feels deep and melancholic...just like a distant sound of rain...I don't know i even got inspired in the making of the comment because of it..I don't need to tell you, but: very
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, maddin foxxxy (358) wrote:

well done Brandon...
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, GothicBlack (186) wrote:

theres only one world to describe this, Beautiful.I absolutly love this. I wonderous write. ~gothic~
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, Sinnocence (49) wrote:

thrilled to see you posted something, broken hearted to read it but still thrilled to know someone else has experienced an emotion of this sort. beautiful agony. i loved it. xoxo
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, Jaded Jezzabelle (328) wrote:

I like this....I have shards of different colors in my hands...and I refuse to let them go....wouldn't even sell them....great write
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, capt_funguy (777) wrote:

beautiful pain - if i read this correctly , i think i have shards in my hands too - many of which , i wouldn't remove if i could - they are a gift - thankyou for this poem - funguy