Hopes and Fears

Inspired by Muse's Shrinking Universe from Hullabaloo

A silent crow, cawed in an earsplitting
Scream that slit the visage of silence
A narrow escape it fled when a gun firing
It hit the hem of wings, on to a fence
More silence overwhelming the sheer noise
A little walk will do, a little racket of shoes
An early sunrise crept upon the voice
And it jeered and sneered at the weird truce
A slip of target caused the innocent cry
A deep wound erected upon a naïve skin
Blistering and burning in a cold night
To the hours that had never dared to remain
In clocks and years that have passed by
A ghoul hesitating to eat the corpse
Fearing to hear its cry
A false-hood in the name of regime sticks in hopes
Of the afraid, the people who fear…

Reviews

[Mi Wae]

I love the darkness painted with your words: crow, scream, gun, silence wound, night, ghoul, corpse, fear

the little racket of shoes is a gorgeous line and I love the anxiety of time there too in 'the hours that dared to remain', 'in clocks and years that have passed by', and in 'the name of regime sticks in hopes
Of the afraid, the people who fear…'

Overall I dig the dark urgency in it.. :) really great...

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the artwork a lot. A dark and lonely place of mystery. I like the poem. Gave life to the photo. No weakness in the poem. Just a powerful tale filled with mystery and fear. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Ronn Michael Salinas]

This I like a lot. Awesome write.

[OtakuXC]

A very eerie poem, though elegantly and well written!

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Dark and interesting in a mysterious way, i like this write, nice picture and for the poem nice imagery as well... nice.

[ErinLovesYou<3]

Dark and sort of mysterious, nice though!

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You have a way with words. This was a pleasure to read.

[Sleeping Maiden]

Nice! Such an errie feel. Haunting... love the poem! =D
Also such sadness seems to pour out from this. Fear of the unknown...
Amazing write!

[msharma]

Presented the goose flesh awe creating scene

[Ripple of Aqua]

Haunting and thrilling.