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Sad Lines By the Sea

The screaming sadness invades me Echoes of boundless despair Snaking through my heart Withdraws a thousand tears. Defeat encamps within my eyes When the embers of dreaded thoughts Disarms swift my sturdy joy In autumn's silence by the wavering sea. I hate that rotten stench that lingers The shattering dreams The wreckage of deserted love The stinking bitter wine of hate The black shrouded whispers of foes Storming through my life With love's savage deceit. The blistering days By the shorelines of death Drawing the first cold strands of grief. I lay in the empty highways of hopelessness Then the skies would descend Choking my last strand of breath On this weary loveless earth. Like a dog I crawl In moss and in the lifeless dirt With discreet pain Toiling through my veins. When the quivering stars of night Would break asunder!

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Cherl Dunn

Date: 11/17/2013 4:07:00 PM

This is a very sad write but showed so much emotion it is very well done, thank you for sharing this one with us soupers. cheri

Cherl Dunn

Date: 11/4/2013 3:19:00 PM

A very powerful write very great word usage and it brings the reader into the work to share it with the writter. cheri also thank you for your comments.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 10/29/2013 12:27:00 AM

what a searing portrayal of a painful experience, mus.. you flow like heart's throbbing rhythmn.. special work!..:) huggs

Donna Jones

Date: 10/27/2013 2:57:00 PM

Grief is exactly what it is..for a heart broken...sadly....beautifully...written..Mustapha.. God bless

Liam Mcdaid

Date: 10/27/2013 9:45:00 AM

as always beautifully penned dear friend

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/27/2013 9:30:00 AM

- Feel your pain in these lines ..... deep and touching - well done !! - All the best to you! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/24/2013 6:51:00 PM

such splendid imagery for sorrowing!! Really good writing, my friend. I hope you will try one of those kyrielle type poems They are a lot of fun.

Skat A

Date: 10/24/2013 4:46:00 PM

sad & breathtaking imagery............SKAT

Nette Onclaud

Date: 10/24/2013 12:32:00 PM

i drown in the pool of your angst so beautifully inpressed on my mind, mus... unforgetttable vignetttes; pen on!..:) huggs

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 10/24/2013 12:15:00 PM

deep dark despair dearest M.M a powerful write you weld your mighty pen well in battle love Shadow xox smile hugs

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/24/2013 9:42:00 AM

so deep..... M & M.... i've never been happy when I felt this hopeless in my past. Your words and poem is breathtaking and sad at the same time... xox~ love love Linda

Nudershada Cabanes

Date: 10/24/2013 8:38:00 AM

At some point in life we feel such misery and despair that hope seems bleak but this period that cast a gloomy shadow on our life is only temporary cos light will surely shine again after every darkness..Beautiful piece.

Ralph Mason

Date: 10/23/2013 8:10:00 PM

great job. without dark their is no light. Warm thoughts, Ralph

Kelly Deschler

Date: 10/23/2013 5:02:00 PM

A very deep and dark poem, Mustapha! I enjoyed it, though, it is not what I usually expect from you. But, sometimes it is good to try something a little different than normal. Fantastic work!...Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments. I truly appreciate them! :)

Just That Archaic Poet

Date: 10/23/2013 2:04:00 PM

Beautifully expressed piece. You're an awesome poet, my friend :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/22/2013 5:07:00 PM

Emotive and expressive lines that you have penned..I hope just a work and not a love gone sour..Love can be euphoric or put one in the pits of despair..Enjoyed reading this one today..Thanks for stopping by..I am still feeling ill..Sara

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 10/22/2013 8:55:00 AM

When the quivering stars of night would break asunder..the moon will still shine.A very sad verse but the saddest poems are usually the most beautiful..Yes so sad yet so beautiful.