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Bought and sold

                  Bought and sold

Listen to the worth of winds final gasp                                               
As a woman scurries from sight,                                                        
While the tempered glow of a dying flame                                        
Shows the mass of nothing in her cold, dark face                              

Streetlights brighten the silent shadows                                             
In the hush as dusk approaches,                                                         
But hear what’s left of distant sounds                                                
Greeting the moons arrival                                                                

 For she bares the sin of classic doubt
Of those unnamed in her quiet house,                                                   
And waters wash away the aimless souls
When the lies for tomorrow are bought and sold                            

Into the hour this darkness falls                                                        
While hushed is the mystery of the night,                                                        
And like a breath we shall catch the wind
Lost in a memory past
 
It dwells in a gilded cage of time
The signs of her life’s encounter, 
But midnight holds only dreams untold  
And a tomorrow that never comes

For we are bound to a feeling held,                             
Lost in its thoughts imagination,                        
Held forever in this moment of doubt 
With those who are bought and sold 

 cont
Now it ticks upon the wall 
A clock, in soft despair,
While on pathless streets to hidden alleys  
She waits for day’s arrival
 
Of the years that past her by she dreams,     
Dreams of a lost desire;      
Trembles to the feeling of the touch of a hand     
And the memory of a thought unspoken       

For truth departs and simplicity is past,   
Here in the cold of the night, 
When fate enkindles its dark enigma    
And the lies that we have bought and sold

by m.norton                                                            
marklnorton@shaw.ca

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  1. Date: 3/20/2012 7:15:00 AM

    Thank you for adding your spices to the soup today Mark. I am enjoying reading all the appetizing poetry posted here today. Have a wonderful week. May inspiration hit the tip of your pen and never let go. Love, Carol