The Prospect

Where is the hope in the stars?
Tonight they shine not in celestial glory.
I must find them in my grief,
Those traditions of lost allegory.
 
Life was never so intense
Too easily cast away from the body
So have we been tossed aside;
Left behind without amnesty?

Tears have no shelter here;
That pointless overflow of our true hearts.
They can never last on our skin,
As consequence for life departs.

Death is a powerful soul;
A choral softly uttered by night-
Sung to the setting sun,
Perilous to its unfounded might.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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April 10, 2016 at 1:46 AM
Shane Brown, you've expressed yourself well, I enjoyed your poem. **LINDA**
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June 1, 2011 at 7:10 AM
What a beautiful week of posting and sharing of some amazing poetry. So happy to see your poetry among them Shane. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets also. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. Love, Carol
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June 1, 2011 at 12:39 AM
very cool shane Luv*Skat
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