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Gone to Seed

September 25, 2021
By SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
201 articles 23 photos 1052 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]


A seed to a sapling

A death turned to life

A burnt carcass of a fallen tree

Felled by the cruel axe

A final leaf falling from the flames

A skeleton leaf

Carrying a world of life

A whisper killing coal-black silence

A shout saying nothing

A life that steals death

And death that spares life

A trust broken

And a lie believed

And a sapling turns to seed


The author's comments:

i hate flies... get out of my face, yeah? im trying to write stuff.

when will they be gone? is it in my hair? it better not be. im going to kill every stupid fly in this house.


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on Sep. 27 2021 at 9:20 am
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
201 articles 23 photos 1052 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

thanks!

Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Sep. 27 2021 at 9:07 am
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
169 articles 51 photos 1024 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

You deserved editor's choice.