Circumstance, and fallen haystacks

By Chameleon

So much life and beauty
erected from the soil,
like rolling golden hills
of wheat or hay-
each grain significant,
each grain so fragily placed

like a seventeen year old friend
moving on from love
only to find love killed herself
playing their favorite song
with her daddys' gun

like two young men
who got into cars
that never made it home

like a funeral
a brother attended,
only to be murdered
shortly thereafter

or the child
long expected
born still,
forever missed

like those stacked bailes of hay,
suddenly crumbling to the ground
by the side of the road
no explaination to be found...

only circumstance

like rolling fields
of wheat or hay
each grain significant,
each so fragily placed.


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Published on Thursday, July 18, 2002.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • DIATRICUS On Sunday, June 22, 2008, DIATRICUS (64)By person wrote:

    ominous, unrelenting... an exceptional work.

  • OLd SouL On Monday, August 16, 2004, OLd SouL (732)By person wrote:

    so much wisdom and beauty in these words.. yet a calming sadness for me... when circumstance threw control out the window. great stuff. :::OLd

  • Graveyard_Desciple On Monday, August 16, 2004, Graveyard_Desciple (39)By person wrote:

    wow. this is an awesome peice of work. i love it.

  • Six-Out On Friday, August 6, 2004, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    Heh, I've been going through and re-reading all of your stuff. It's hard to put my finger on what it is about your writing that always captivates me. I like to think it's massive amounts of talent. Hurry up and get your ass back to post more!

  • Sky Singer On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, Sky Singer (153)By person wrote:

    i completely agree with DA and LoKi. this is amazing.... i've sat here for five minutes now typing and retyping this silly little comment, and i'm just gonna leave at "this is profound and absolutely stunning"

  • DoctorAsh On Saturday, February 14, 2004, DoctorAsh (373)By person wrote:

    WTF ... this is bad ass Mr.Chameleon guy .. but WTF... i would definetly expect more comments on a write of this caliber. Sickness. [D&A]

  • Angelic Darkness On Thursday, January 30, 2003, Angelic Darkness (27)By person wrote:

    Whoa. . . ~*~Angi~*~

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