Thursday 26 September 2013

Dust


What should I do with the watered dust?
Soak its colour
Smell the rust
Such unforgiving powder.

So I scatter
While eyes look on
To a heart that matters
Pages under rain.

But in the time that is left
I do not remember
The taste I once kept
Paid in milk and honey.

I will cherish the light
Touch the rough splinters
Hammer nails with might
Into the cross of answers.

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Written for Poets United


10 comments:

  1. What a unique perspective this is, Alan. Enjoyed all that led to the last vivid stanza.

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  2. Loved this.. it looks at things in a different light

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  3. I will cherish the light.........my favorite line...very nicely worded....

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  4. Cherish the light... I touched on this with a description of enlightenment. We have a common perspective.

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/09/26/true/

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  5. Your first line reeled me right in........and I adore "I will cherish the light".....and the cross of answers. Beautiful and strong.

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  6. I love: "I will cherish the light" Gorgeous poem~
    I love so many lines-there is a tender feel to your words, like an intimate dance
    one has with the "cross of answers".

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  7. Alan,

    I loved your perspective with words, pages and connections. You have a great immagination to link your thoughts!!

    Eileen

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  8. Alan...Beautiful imagery...and the words and connection of course!

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