STONED AND SILENT

The reticent stance

Stoned and silenced

Exploited beyond a stranger provoked

Labeled with a gaze from the heavens above

Beautiful lifeless seduction

A posture of unselfish significance

Cradling irreparable breaks

these fractures lay across the surface in reach

Weaving into veins

Running transparent

in the face of grace

perpetual standing ornament

earned years of gold and graying color

instilling times ruthless design

Sympathy unwinds for blood left behind

the feel of separation with every piece taken

In waters that rage vast

her reflection cast

solid stone ruling sublime

Rich and rough against a surface

Striking hard and reckless

Recollection of a pulse

to a solidified center

Twilight calls a land to order

Prompting a dark curtain to call

And thoughts of a prayer for the mortal

All of which she can and cannot hear

Like the sound of thunder distinct and eerie

With a hammer and chisel

Breathes the sculptor of bone and matter

Broken battered figurine clatter

Turning a grave into impressions of control

Mercy has no hands here

To Hold her sorrow still

Magnificent and well defined stone

imprison her soul

Terry D’Arcy-Ryan

Reviews

[KCthelastboyscout]

every time I read your work I feel like I'm writing TV dinners and you're writing five star entree's. This is a powerful statement.great insight into a broken judicial system. where's al Pacino in the courtroom when you need him

[BlackPrince]

This is wonderfully written.
It has an air of mystery and dream-like effect.
For a brief moment you take the reader into another world beyond the eye.


WELL DONE!!

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

BlakPrince, What an amazing review. I am thrilled when anyone relates to my writing. I wrote this after a great disappointment in our justice system. Every time I left the court room I saw the statue of Justice herself yet she was void from the proceedings. Thank you for taking the time to read and review.

Sheer Terror

[Nipplegrinder]

This is powerful. Line after line. Fantastic.

[Pete]

man's quest for ever-elusive justice. your writing is so cool. always such strong & effective imagery. a real pleasure ...

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Pete, I actually watched what we call justice slowly move along the system. As we all age against our will it was clear the lady is tired and indifference has become a burden instead of an ideal and I am inspired by this. Thank you for taking the time to read and review

Sheer Terror

[CAPOLAVORO]

It's is truly not easy when you just do not know where to start in order to pour justice into every mortals hands. Specially when you are stoned. :( Nice write.

Sincerely,
CAPOLAVORO

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Capolavoro, you always leave such a beautiful review when you read my writing. Thank you
read moreCapolavoro, you always leave such a beautiful review when you read my writing. Thank you

Sheer Terror

[ROXANE DORSEY]

this poem is so wonderful. i had to read it twice, i loved it. thank for sharing.

[Franky]

I loved reading this! A very timely subject these days too. The descriptions and word usage here humble me.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Frankie, I am actually describing both the aged lady and justice herself. Recently I have some business in the courtroom and we have wondered so far from what our forefathers were trying to achieve we missed a step somewhere along the way. Thank you for taking the time to read and leave a review. God Bless

Sheer Terror

[Harley Quinn]

I loved it. Very wonderful: :D

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Snow Angel, I am thrilled that you enjoyed this it is a strong piece I labored over to get the descriptions of our lady of justice accurate.
Thank you for reading and leaving a great review

Sheer Terror

[jacob erin-cilberto]

she is so sad, she is stone....a statue looking at us from her stance, wondering how we can do what we do to each other....and feel so stone cold inside.
j.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Our lady justice was chosen for her strength and she also is required to be indifferent. A system that has been corrupted for agendas of power and the almighty dollar. These things have shed some of the strength and indifference from her reserve but here she will stay with a prayer for the mortal of which she can and cannot hear. Thank you for reading and leaving a review

Sheer Terror

[Mr.Writer]

Such descriptive sentences and words to describe something unreal yet so real and you make it so powerful and give those images life!
Well done keep it up!!

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Mr. Writer I wrote as if I was speaking of a lady and justice itself. Thank you for taking the time to read and leave a review.

Sheer Terror

[Mr.Writer]

No problem :)