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The Silent Portal

December 1, 2012
By MidnightSeeker SILVER, Bountiful, Utah
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Ground falls high
Touch the sky
The waving sea
Swallows me

Words once heard
By a bird
Can’t bring forth
Bird flown north

Need the love?
Find the dove
Look for me
Take the key

Pull the hood
Knock on wood
Raise the brass
Clear the glass

Leave your petal
Steel your mettle

Knock

© Wajida S., Shrewsbury, MA

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MidnightSeeker SILVER said...
on Dec. 17 2012 at 9:27 pm
MidnightSeeker SILVER, Bountiful, Utah
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Thank you! :) I'm so glad you like it.
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 17 2012 at 4:10 pm
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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This is perfect :D The rythem, the imagery, the first stanza! And that last haunting line that echos in the wake of broken rythem
MidnightSeeker SILVER said...
on Dec. 9 2012 at 2:55 pm
MidnightSeeker SILVER, Bountiful, Utah
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I'd love to read your work too. :)
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 9 2012 at 12:41 am
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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&quot;No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde

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Could you try reading some of my work?
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 9 2012 at 12:41 am
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde

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Excellent!  It reminds me of a riddle you would find in some kind of storybook.