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10_Requiem

my knees are drawn tightly to my chest
my heartbeat is erratic
and i am as a child again

terrified
but this is so familiar

i try to remember how i came here
as calloused fingers trace the walls
to the sky, where i see a hanging rose
swaying softly under the breath of wind

i watch calmly and without reaction
as a petal lets go of it's stem
and gently falls onto my forehead

and that's when i remember everything

how i had nurtured and worshipped this rose
bathed it in my confessions
it was exalted as a shining metaphor
for what drives my every moment

a rose cut from the root
contains no life, despite its color

i cannot bring m

09_Arachnophobia

beautiful

so meaningful

your light holds your love
but i look for you in sorrow

in the distance
i can hear him laughing
haunting me with the love he took from me
taunting me with the blood he stole from me

his smile tries to hide his eyes
but i can see his intentions
waiting behind his teeth

and all i see is a black and yawning hunger
with all it wants to feed on

the keys to heaven grace his hands
but i will not give in this time

when two paths cross
a child is born on higher ground
but ours came forth as stillborn
and i can only pray that it was bleeding

i call him by no name
because to name a snake is to give it purpose

08_...Albatross

once i dreamed of an angel
that flew upwards and around me
with a lyric and a grace that sparked the envy of creation

then i saw crimson teeth
and i heard a slight whimper
as that angel's wings
strained under the weight of envy turned to pity
for she had danced with shadows

and the last thing i remember
were bloodstained feathers floating gently to my feet

in the waking dream that followed
this lilly before me opens
implying that it may be opening for me
i water its roots with a comatose dream
praying and begging that this new life
might set a cold, worn love ablaze

but it never fully blooms
since the roots are choking
on a

07_The Crown of Tiphareth

and so it comes to this

looking back
underneath the light of the moon
i find that i am unsatisfied
at what lies in my shadow

i had set myself up as an altar
peeling back my skin
so that everyone might see the wounds of heartbreak
and pay their tithe in pity

i had hoped to pull myself above my loss
on the strength of consolation
but a phoenix born of charity
has not the strength to justify
all of this emotion
just to see her one more time

and so i've lost my inspiration
though somehow i still breathe

driven by a nameless phantom
to give voice to a formless will
given strength by a faceless whisper
to carry on despite myself

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TCN - Whispersby ~thiscatharticnail

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Visual & Found Poetry

the stock is from ~mcismowski-stock (big rose) ~jimfear (BG), ~zommy (laying rose stems), and *ladygekko (rose petals). the dead roses (not the stems) are my own pictures.

i have re-re-re-re-re-rewritten this song god knows how many times until i came up with a version i'm happy with.

it's actually done with a chorus and verse in mind (a first for me)
but i like it anyway

hope you like it!

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so sad and wilting, like a rose
bending away from the light it needs to grow
frightened at the thought of heaven
a shadow blooms and saturates her weak-willed heart

whispers echo in my mind
reminding me of all the things I've left behind
the afterimage of confessions
reverberating in my eyes, and coloring everything i see

the fractured thoughts of a promised gift
and the unavoidable cliche, a fall from grace
the love between us should have lifted her
but nine day falls are hard to break

and everytime i close my eyes
im reminded of the chance
that maybe i am still unfinished with this
and the possibility
that sacrifice is vain
and just a means to a selfish end

that i can be finished with this

and then the hope for change comes calling
spreading wide and warm, inviting me
to wrap myself inside the folds
of another young and beautifully stable rose

a gentle smile to comfort me
and a warm embrace to sever my dependence
on a lost cause

and so i throw myself inside
this desire that i'll find
my former self within this passionate rose
just to rekindle the flame
of the faith i used to have
and the will to let myself love again

but try as i will i cant bring myself
to start anew and reborn

since everytime i close my eyes
those whispers hold my thoughts
causing me to shy away from what i must do
even though it's what i want
i cannot open up
and let this rose plant its roots inside my heart

all this so i can forget my history

but in the end
that is all the strength i have
to stand back up when i fall down

and so i draw back in myself
unable to let go and unwilling to grow
becoming indifferent to my loneliness
anchored by the gravity of undying hope

!BrandNewBabe Nov 16, 2004 Student

I close my eyes and Im reminded....what is that from...someone please tell me it is driving me crazy.

~thiscatharticnail Nov 16, 2004

hha i dont know, it's just what came out.

i didn't lift it, but i'm sure it's a popular sentiment.

`d1st0rt3d Sep 23, 2003

The song is so lovely...

I wish I could hear some of these sometime. The image goes with it quite well.

~thiscatharticnail Sep 23, 2003

well, if you visit [link] you can hear teh music. Sadly, i'm not a singer, so they are insturmental, but i think they work just as well if you read the lyrics with the song

as always, thanks for your comments.

~aenim-a Sep 23, 2003 Photographer

Divine man.

this is better than i imagined.

you need a da prints account heh...

im working on a song...
youll be the first to read it

~thiscatharticnail Sep 23, 2003

right on man, can't wait to hear it.

and hey, it's not like i didn't have help on the picture

~aenim-a Sep 23, 2003 Photographer

i did nothing but what you inspired.

~darkstream Sep 23, 2003 Student

That is awesome.

~thiscatharticnail Sep 23, 2003

thank you

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