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The truly despairing, like the truly happy, simply are.
They do not need validation.
Perhaps there is a kind of peace in that.
Walking through the garden of death,
like angels wrapped in contentment,
the subconscious is a tonsil.
Watch the flowers grow. Beginning in bloom,
bright petals drinking from the sky,
they mature into dust, those sentient beasts.
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Thanks Ris
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(05-20-2011, 11:12 PM)Heslopian Wrote: The truly despairing, like the truly happy, simply are.
They do not need validation.
Perhaps there is a kind of peace in that.
Walking through the garden of death,
like angels wrapped in contentment,
the subconscious is a tonsil. [b]i have no idea why but i love this verse[/b]
Watch the flowers grow. Beginning in bloom,
bright petals drinking from the sky,
they mature into dust, those sentient beasts. [sentient beasts?]
the only snag i have jack,
is the flowers being sentient beasts after maturing into dust.
a great insight i the 1st verse.
the second is a great image.
thanks for the read
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The flowers mature into dust because they are sentient beasts. They're mortal like us. Would it help if I changed it to this: "they mature into dust. They're sentient beasts"? Thanks for the kind words and feedback Billy. The first verse was adapted from a comment I left on someone's facebook status. The next two verses were pretty much me trying to justify the opening one. Make it a poem and not just a statement.
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my mistake
the suggested change would take away any ambiguity i had.
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Ah okay then thanks Bilbo
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I like it Jack, it has the scent of Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay", for me. That's my favorite piece by Frost.
Chaos Maniac has a blog where he has a conversation with a Neferious Sentient Beast, it's very entertaining. I'm diggin' the image of a sentient beast, from bloom, to flower, to dust!
Great read, thanks for that!
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