A Raven Of Hope

  

Misfit shadows lay alone

In shallow graves

Awaiting …

Wanting …

Needing …

Someone to bring life

To their paper-thin emotions.

 

The fog rolls in

In the nick of time

To make the illusion

Of happiness…

Support…

And love…

Of their faceless souls

That mirror depression.

 

Finally relief arrives

In the form of the undertaker

Not what they asked for

But what they received

Unusual light…

Flickering flame...

Hidden emotions…

As the dirt begins

To seal their fate.

 

A last comes the raven

In the knick of time

Whisking them away

On the wings of forever

Towards a blue sky.

 

Reviews

[Lyrical Love]

This took my breath away...
I am awed at the voice you speak in for this piece.
This is an awesome well worded write.
The fog rolls in
In the nick of time
To make the illusion
Of happiness�
Support�
And love�
Of their faceless souls
That mirror depression.
~~~~~I have to read more from you.
This spoke volumes...loudly.
This also speaks sadly for my three friends(not at the same time)
that thought nobody heard them(those paper thin emotions)...
they took their lives thinking that
life would be better for them
when the raven whisked them away into the
blues forever. From now on when I see the RAVENS
I will think of them and you.

[Spoken]

thank the heavens for the Raven. Such a powerful beautiful creature...

an excellent write about the limbo of after death before the soul is taken.

A last comes the raven

In the knick of time

Whisking then away (whisking them away?)

On the wings of forever

Towards a blue sky.

.............perfect ending

[Helen Woodward]

And picking their bones to a brilliant sheen!!! Excellent piece Dale....LOVED IT....so appropriate for todays malice riddled world, Kudos my friend.
Typo; At last comes the Raven...T
Helen :-)

[Angelic Darkness]

Your darker side is working overtime it seems:).

This is death, dark, yet you bring life to it at the
very end.

This stanza: Misfit shadows lay alone

In shallow graves

It draws the reader into this creepy hallow.

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