Such Haste, Such Waste

Brother, why the haste
why are you so quick to bail
how life has made you frail
why art thou so lean in faith


Desires of sodom, you chase
till you wear and rot to waste.
The truths of life you dare not face
you cower behind the shell of race
and bequeath to it,the fortune of your days


Oh Sister, why the haste
this phase you crave
is soiled with fray
this course you chart
is fraught with chains


Are you numb to the flames;
that chars the face with pains
that lays in wait, in ways
unseen to sight and gaze


You fill your pate with tales of hate
and lose your fate in pits of vale


The weight of your plate
is filled with kills of kin
why the haste, brother
why the waste, sister?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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January 21, 2014 at 3:52 PM
Kolapo, wow... this is deep..... <3 Love ~SKAT~
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February 27, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Congratulations on your win...David
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February 26, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Kolapo, congrats on your win! Love, Kim
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February 25, 2013 at 3:22 AM
A very good poem to send to the contest and you won! - Congratulations! - Have a lovely new week! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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February 24, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Kolapo, , thank you for SUPPORTING MY NEWEST contest...CONGRATULATIONS on your awesome win ;-) LINDA
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February 24, 2013 at 10:17 PM
My entry was actually last minute. Thank you Linda, for deeming it fit for the winners circle. Thanks for the support over the years. Merci.
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