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Funeral For His Heart
Contributed by
Suz
on
Thursday, 27th May 2004 @ 10:36:49 PM in AEST
Topic:
DreamsandWishes
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Her icy neck was chill and soft against his fingertips
His lips where chapped like lace against her trembling lips
Her arms embraced him as he sighed his last goodbye
And his voice faultered slightly as he choked but didn't cry.
Standing in the dusty patch of raw earth they had made
While kissing with their eyes agaze and their human minds unafraid
Beautifully enchanted and not ashamed of one another
Once upon a time their love had tied their bones together.
Barriers of golden straw with stray wisps of her flaxen hair
Shielding them from meteors and thoughts they couldn't bear
But a lost shooting star snuck in and gave him a chance to pray
Her wish is coming true and now they say goodbye today.
She didn't even know what lay beyond their prairie field
He couldn't let her know all that a gust of wind'd revealed
Beautiful and sorry, she was proud to feel contrary
But she would have seen him go first if she was wary.
He folded up his broken heart and wrapped up in wool
Placing it in her familiar hands, feeling cold tears pull
She wrung it out and set it down for the Great Earth Mother to take
And she kneeled beside her lost-lover and felt his bones begin to shake.
With all the blackened draperies in her face the vanity still showed
With all the blacked storm clouds in the east the sun still glowed
So he crossed his heart and hoped to die
And watched her run away and with needles in his eyes
Kneeling in the dusty patch of raw earth they had made
While kissing with their eyes agaze and their human minds unafraid
Beautifully enchanted and not ashamed of one another
Once upon a time their love had tied their bones together.
Once more, shakily, he crossed his heart and hoped to die
And with much concentration he stuck a dagger between his eyes
His glance caught on golden flax, so he plucked the hair of his lost-lover
And with it pressed to his empty chest and his heart in the ground he died forever.
Copyright ©
Suz
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2004-05-27 22:36:49]
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Re: Funeral For His Heart
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by Drive_By on
Thursday, 27th May 2004 @ 10:43:12 PM AEST
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| A lingering loss.... |
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Re: Funeral For His Heart
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by Daniela_Maria_Violin on
Friday, 28th May 2004 @ 07:38:14 AM AEST
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such a beautiful write but so sad...
if this is true... I'm sorry for your loss. |
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Re: Funeral For His Heart
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by brigitte7735 on
Friday, 28th May 2004 @ 11:19:17 PM AEST
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This is so perfect.
Vanessa |
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Re: Funeral For His Heart
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by carmen_queasy on
Monday, 31st May 2004 @ 05:36:06 AM AEST
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| this is amazing |
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