A Forgotten Skeleton

 
the dream painted itself sad ashen grey a parched desert where rain never falls this dark metaphor in her barren heart loneliness whispering of love yet to call bones of long lost hope on the ground amid sands of uncountable empty years she picked up the skull bleached white all that remained of an old mossy steer wondering if that would be her destiny to wander until life's hourglass ran dry becoming a forgotten, lost skeleton eroded by day and ignored by night's sky
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Legros Kelley Avatar
January 18, 2022 at 8:07 PM
This is haunting and so very sad. A beautifully penned masterpiece!
Gilman Avatar
January 19, 2022 at 1:16 AM
Thank you so much! I'm very, very pleased that you liked it!
Bangalee Avatar
January 2, 2022 at 10:38 PM
it's thrilling loneliness
Gilman Avatar
January 3, 2022 at 12:36 AM
Thank you so much! I'm pleased that you enjoyed it!
De Beaulieu Avatar
January 2, 2022 at 12:44 PM
Hello John Gilman, she is lonely in the dessert.No wonder she is depressed. Peoplethat go to the dessert and get lost i sense are not found alive. No wonder she is depressed. Enjoy your day my friend. D. De. B.
De Beaulieu Avatar
January 3, 2022 at 11:06 AM
Hello John, oh dreaming of the dessert. Yes it would be a symbol of loneliness. Yes I do like it. Enjoy your day my friend.
Gilman Avatar
January 3, 2022 at 12:35 AM
She's only dreaming about the desert, my friend! It's symbolic for loneliness. But, I'm pleased that you liked it!
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