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The Museum

In the museum, you will find amazing history regarding the relics of our past. Gruesome and grim in their telling, a dark prelude to everything seen by the moon. But hold it delightful that these days are behind. That the awful atrocities of times gone by, are not a monolith towering and looming over our future. Know then, that we need not be frightened by the opening of the book and the turning of the page. Take pride in the light we shine on our darker moments, a reminding of who we should never be, the vicious and vindictive tyrants of yesteryear. Let history bare truth in its will to patronise us over prior mistakes. We are fortunate to have the opaque plaques of reference to the crimes of time, and what is lost to the wind. May we never travel the same road twice. Finding ourselves victorious only by being continuously retold in annoying fashion that this is where we've come from. Looking on with oval, hope-filled eyes, believing we now have the light to overcome the dark. ~Make a poem *2 Contest~ Hosted by: Shadow Hamilton make a poem about light vs dark using the following words: Awful, amazing, annoying. grim, gruesome, delightful. frightened, fortunate, finding. monolith, moon, museum. oval, opaque, opening. patronise, pride, prelude. vicious, vindictive, victorious.

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Date: 10/27/2023 7:12:00 AM
Congratulations Jesse on your well written thought-provoking poem featured on Poem of the Week.
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Date: 10/8/2016 9:21:00 AM
I always found these types of challenging a bit too challenging for me, but wow you did a great job with this. I love the concept you chose.
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Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 10/9/2016 2:11:00 PM
Thank you, I wasn't the only one. I found someone else wrote about the same subject. It was interesting to note.
Date: 8/3/2016 3:58:00 PM
Great poem x well written good words x
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Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 8/3/2016 8:07:00 PM
Thank you Wendy!
Date: 7/30/2016 2:25:00 PM
love this thoughtful piece
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Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 8/1/2016 5:04:00 PM
Thank you Jack!
Date: 7/30/2016 1:20:00 AM
Wow creatively done on the past n museum archives. U wrote it in a very interesting way indeed. Kudos. Even the present has atrocities. But we can teach Peace n hope. Pls do comment my latest poem too.
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Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 8/1/2016 5:03:00 PM
I agree we do have atrocities now, but we're more guarded about not repeating the same mistakes. They at times do happen, but as for example, we watch closely for anything that could turn towards mass genocide, and attempt to prevent it. Thank you for your htoughts, and I will be reading yours!
Date: 7/23/2016 10:32:00 AM
this is one of the truly good ones I have seen for this contest. WELL DONE.
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Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 7/23/2016 3:59:00 PM
Thank you, Andrea. I couldn't decide how a Museum was going to fit with the rest of the words. Then I thought about Museums shedding light on the past.

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