To One Gone

Black is the night when tender living dreams,
	Circle the skies with wax wing hints of mist,
Too fragile to fall, though falling it screams,
	"Beware, beware the moonlit garden wrist!",

Its hand you knew upon your brow and tears,
	Whose love ignored the trust it could not find,
The roots that never belong or so it appears,
	To find only the boots heavy on your mind.

Touching the skin that covers your soul,
	Of spices whose bite the snake must refrain,
From asking whose deed that blood did control,
	What infinite being did it contain?

Never (did I say never?) did the world sleep so much,
	As the night my lips to your tomb did touch.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 6/10/2014 2:08:00 PM
I love this piece. you are a good writer. I enjoyed reading your work.
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Date: 6/2/2014 5:20:00 AM
Enjoyed the write. congrats on your poem being featured this week,
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Yorn Called
Date: 6/6/2014 2:13:00 PM
Thank you:) I have this evening begun reading your own work and greatly enjoy it. Will be following you. Have a good weekend filled with inspiration and muses galore!
Date: 6/2/2014 1:06:00 AM
Jeg virkelig likte å lese dette diktet. Tilgi min dårlige grammatikk i å prøve å besvare, Such a heart felt poem!!
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Yorn Called
Date: 6/6/2014 2:11:00 PM
Tusen takk!
Date: 5/29/2014 12:50:00 PM
- Hei Jorn ! - Jeg ønsker deg velkommen til P-Soup ! - Hyggelig å se et NORSK flagg !!! - Håper du vil finne denne siden spennende - Jeg har postet dikt her i noen år nå - Gleder meg til å lese dine dikt i fremtiden. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Yorn Called
Date: 5/30/2014 2:46:00 AM
Hei og tusen takk! Jeg har med stor interesse begyynnt å lese igjennom dine dikt. Fantastikk! Jeg skal komme tilbake til akkurat det. Jeg skriver helst på englelsk da dette er mitt morsmål, my "wegian" sucks! Do you write poetry in Norwegian as well?
Date: 5/28/2014 6:46:00 PM
Jorn, , , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 5/28/2014 5:42:00 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup, Jorn. Deep, powerful poem you have written. I believe you will find much support here. Keep writing; comment on the poems of other writers and most of them will return the favor. Best wishes.
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Yorn Called
Date: 5/29/2014 6:31:00 AM
Thank you for the kind welcome. I just stumbled onto this site- this community- some days ago. Not too used to communities, least of all online ones, but I am very excited to explore this, touch, and get touched by fellow soul mates. It is indeed encouraging to receive feedback and I do hope to be able to give back with equal grace words of praise that might fall onto good soil.
Date: 5/28/2014 7:20:00 AM
Jorn, this is deep, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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