Oath

even now 
by insignificance
she fades

toward some
internal images
oscillation

whose
infrequent wave

carries less and less
the receding form

the touching smile
unchanged


so sad
she fails

yet finally I know 

when she is equal
to all in light
and shade


that her beauty
i might grasp or
brush away

then this breaths
right to rise
should come 

that day 

and
of these
reaches 

will my sanity
be made


To live then

to hope
to live

till cruel

this iron master
love 
it may 

by star
or tidal shadow 
break

or sway


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© R.W. (Aprox. ) 2000

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Robert Warlov

Date: 9/27/2019 3:39:00 AM

I think this poem is as bad as some of Edgar Poe's and for the same reason. I won't say because some people might actually like it. ( I loved "Annabel Lee" :-) ) William Carlos would probably flush it. - R.W.