Lost Glory
What becomes of a lost glory?
When it vanishes, does it take hope along?
Does it explode....
Like dynamite and smell like smoke?
Does it sink irretrievably deep
Into the depths of a stygian abyss?
Or does it float away hopelessly
Out of sight and reach
Like an untethered balloon?
Does the heat of the sun burn it
Into scattered ash like Icarus' wings?
Does it dangle dangerously on the precipice
Of a cliff about to tumble over like timber?
Is it easy or hard to recapture?
Is it like searching and finding
A tiny pebble that has been thrown so far?
STANDARD NO 120,ANY FORM,ANY THEME,UPTO A MAX OF 20 lines
Sponsored by Brian Strand(Winner: 1st Place)
Date written and posted: 09/30/2018
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