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I Will Take These Burning Branches

July 14, 2011
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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I will take some burning branches
To build a shrine unto its eyes
As they sit among the ashes
Of your shadowy demise
Soon they’ll be sending us packages
All wrapped up in fragments of glass
And the light
O that light!
That golden-orbed light!
Will look like it came from the furnace of night
Or the dawn of the comfortable past
When the snowmen come
They are carrying
Blankets full of ice
And their crumbling faces tell me
That they live upon the dice
For there are children to please
While the flurries are gone, but the winter presses on
Hence, their place in the breeze
Ha, I would like to see you try
To organize my mind
The audience collapses
The oak felled by a vine
Preserve the remnants of the city’s fall
I speak before the solid wall
Please remind the murderer
That his mother is a porcelain doll
Her stare is cutting through me
But numbness eats up pain
She is a child of witchcraft
A prostitute of the brain
It’s crazy out there
But that’s why we care
About preventing the death of our king
It’s silent out there
And that’s why she cares
About the circle of her wedding ring
Do not let go of whatever you have
Or it will drift away
The body will dissipate
The lame donkey will bray his broken bray
Follow me if you want to
Though I’m just a figure in the dark
We can hide beside the fallen trees
And whisper with the meadowlark

© Anthony P., Gulfport, MS

The author's comments:
If you showed me how to pick up the pieces, I woulda said "How do you do?" Just smile your slippery smile and dance with me. What's the harm in letting your hair down a little?
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IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 23 2011 at 8:46 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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I wish I could find my wings. 

Aderes thinks I should tell you about my blog, do you wish to be told?

(BTW, Been wondering this for awhile, how old are you?)

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 8:34 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Henry Drummond

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I like them a lot too. :)
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 8:25 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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What the front door.

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actually, i just finished reading the whole thing and it is wuite dashing. i do love the last stanza. MUHAHAHAHAH.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 8:23 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

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What the front door.

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yeah, uh... hellp and this is awesomable. while looking at all your work it was that it had occured to me that you are very talented. i dolove your use of rhymism in all you stuff. itwould be conducive for you to do your dance at the time which is now. i do wish i had the inspiration.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 6:11 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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Never mind; I found my wings. What was I thinking? I am a bird after all.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 6:10 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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That's a lovely pair of lines. They make me want to fly, despite the fact that I am without wings.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 6:09 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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Wow, those are three of my favorite classic poets (as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson, though he writes essays more often). I'm happy to even be mentioned in the same paragraph as they are!
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 3:39 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 897 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Henry Drummond

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Very beautiful. :)

Reminded me of the poem giants, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost...etc

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 3:32 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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"Swing your hips, loose your head and let it spin/And we will look together for the pan within."

A Waterboys song; your author's comment in particular reminded me of it :)