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"The Child." by Exodus

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I watch the window
As it slowly breaks
Disintegrating
Into the thin air

The trees hover over
The path
They are so old
So wise

I sit against your gravestone
I ask of you.
Give me your sadness
Bleed through me

I notice the trees have turned
Black
Against the dark blue sky
The 6th hour of the daylight

Now fades into its darker side

No one understands my sadness
And why I lack the things I do

A boy enters my dark realm
He stares, and turns away
Unlike my dreams
He is real to touch

They laugh and sing
And join the street
With a happy skip

Youth

Something so good
Never lasts

I see it leaving my face
The gleam, gone from my eyes
I am no longer the bright
Light
I was 5 years ago

And even then
What sort of child
Thinks with a mind
Wiser
And much older
Than their kind

The words refuse to complete me
So I wait until they respond
With pen and paper
Communication

There’s a wall
I hide behind

I seem a mystery

But that
Is up to you
To decide.




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On Wednesday January 14th, 2004, Solace (1421) writes:
Ok if i were forced into choosing my favorite poem of yours its this... Definately... I found so much of myself in it that i was amazed and enthralled... i'd comment more but i have to read it more


On Wednesday January 14th, 2004, Stellar (47) writes:
This is so amazing and wise - and you're so young! This piece makes me think you'll only get better and better as a writer as you get older. <3


On Wednesday January 14th, 2004, Ideas (56) writes:
All I can say is I loved it.


On Wednesday January 14th, 2004, stormtalk (884) writes:
One of my favorites of yours in a while... I love the murky, shadowy surrealism of it. The impish tone of the end is good, too. I can't think of anything to suggest to make it better...


On Wednesday January 14th, 2004, locke (28) writes:
o-mi-goodness...this is...amazing, extremely profound, i can't even believe how much i loved this, really really wonderful.



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