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A Poem from 2013

As The Light Fades White doves flutter, dying words whisper silence becomes haunting, and Angels sing a lone filtering light of soft glisster casts fleeting shadows from a white dove's wing this lighted arrow pierces the dusk-gray I shall pray for you on my knees my love and touch the hard floor where your casket lay to seek unanswered questions from above I find no comfort in your final breath forgive me, as I taste this bitter wine release me from a vow I once confessed by the shadow of your spirit divine poison drips bitter from this drink I've made brings a silent cold dark, as the light fades...

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Date: 8/5/2024 4:45:00 PM
Sad neo sonnet Fred. Expertly written
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Date: 8/5/2024 2:33:00 PM
heart-rendering piece composed in a graceful, almost brooding way...you were already great in 2013, frederick: I was there!
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