Scarecrow Raven Smiles

Silent solitude on a sunny day

The past casts a long shadow and will not go away

The present seems a sorry choice while love awaits a touch

The future such a distant thing that never offers much

 

Fleeting flies criss cross the sky like the tears that cloud the sky

I grab at earth and smash my fist screaming out why

Peace on earth a fools dream writhing in this pain

Never will I hope again never never again

 

My mind awash in a rush of words things I should have said

In this field my mind is made I cannot stand this pain

I hear the things I should have heard when they were whispered low

I missed then and I miss them now where am I to go

 

Smite me now my shallow guilt I have no one else to blame

Bury me here in fallow fields where all my follies play

Sing no more you mocking bird everyone knows the score

Stop now God this beating heart I've use for it no more

 

Take my heart it's useless here for with it she has left

It not a crime I offered it there was no crime of theft

Watch the blood return to earth await bleached bones to dust

Silent solitude on a sunny day I laid my soul to rest

 

Reviews

[Crumpet]

Again, another piece that reads best when read aloud. I like reading your work so it can be heard. Your audience here is just me and my dog, but she sat at attention and seemed to be enjoying what I read to her!

[Harmonica winds]

A really amazing write, yoru flow and rhyme is
simply outstanding. : )

[Rusty]

Thank you both for taking the time to read and ackowledge this splat of words. Greatly appreciated!

[WhiteWillow]

Solitude, regret, and a mind left to torture itself...that's a recipe for disaster, and a wonderfully emotional poem.

[joshua deathdealer]

Beautiful. The wording is superb and I love feel. This one is defiantly going into my favorites and I look forward to reading more. Excellent work.

[Liderien]

I felt every line and every emotion. It has been my companion for many years, and even in my late hour it still haunts me like the terrors in the night. I blink as I wake to find the sunshine. And through the day I walk, I diligently pretend its not so. Only to lay my head again to that same pit of woe.

[Distant horizons]

For such a sad and poignant write all i can say that this is superb. The desolation and heart felt plea jump from the page. This is a truly exceptional write.
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