Adelheid Manefeldt Poet Free verse

Beautiful Things

Beautiful things break
as readily as the brittlest rock
The quake rattled me;
your seismic words
unearthing the foundation
of this thing we’d built

Beautiful things shatter
like fragile china under feet
The tempest tore through me;
your rumbling thoughts
flung through the air
shrapnel slicing cartilage

Beautiful things ignite
as swift as finest kindling
The flames engulfed me;
it was your carelessness
doused in abandonment
setting our souls alight.

Beautiful things sink
like anchors of pure Osmium
And here it drowned me;
in a depth unknown
a depth I’d never thought to see
the deepest, darkest depths of me.

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The Grahamburglar May 24, 2015 at 4:30 PM Excellent poem. Osmium was a surprising addition, so I looked it up. Apt choice for a few reasons (aside from being the densest of the natural elements, it's also very brittle, very expensive, quite beautiful, and produces toxic vapors when oxidized.) Bravo, and a 7 from me. Adelheid Manefeldt May 25, 2015 at 11:58 AM Thank you so much