Remnants

Sad Heart, now thou art wither’d from the Sun,
What man, or god, will near thee run?
Wrought in twist like branches in Tempests' gasp,
What Comfort, or Gauze, shall be near to grasp?
True ones begotten are the ones now Rotten
And the ones now Rotten will never be forgotten
They are merely sad remains of assiduous Tears
That have been meddl’d with and tatter’d Raw throughout the years

And thou, cruel Mind, that sat’st still thru toiling trail of Night;
Must dream your broken Dreams; thou’rt a sanely flight!
Can thou extinguish passions of Fire, Disease, or Rain?
—tho thy distinguish’d influence trains to abstain
Thy Remnants brought to debris in thy Empty street,
Devour’d by Vultures, their bestow’d beaks entreat
Merely are they cleaning an inexhaustible Mess
Alas! Leaving thy rudiments of Identity to redress....

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 4/18/2013 3:34:00 PM
Dear Laura, I wonder who is YOUR Favourite POET. I have seen signs of Whitman,Emerson,Keats, POE, and now a bit like Shakespeare.YET one Can See Laura Elizabeth Breidenthal in All her POETIC Glory. Ones YOU do Fabulous in.Superb Pen I LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR (Loyal) Liege...HG
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Date: 1/6/2012 11:25:00 PM
You must have been inspired by Shakespeare to write this fine entry.
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Date: 1/4/2012 8:31:00 AM
From start to finish i loved every line , this is a great write and worth more than 1 visit of anyones time . thank you Laura . Declan xx
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Date: 1/4/2012 7:22:00 AM
I am "faving" this. Really, I am not joking. You are a superb poet, Laura
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Date: 1/2/2012 7:39:00 PM
I thought at first I was reading Shakespeare- well done enjoyed reading, Brenda
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Date: 1/2/2012 3:49:00 AM
Laura always well written,I liked yours poem.Give you smile and sunshine. OXOX love Anne-Lise
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Date: 1/1/2012 8:04:00 PM
Wow! Very nice! I really liked this one. :o)
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 5/7/2012 6:29:00 PM
Thanks Dan! :-)
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