Forgotten

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Hang 'Em High, Sincerely, Justice

Forgotten

Three young girls paraded holding flowers.
She with Dad in hand walked down the aisle.
A blockade of my view, flashing towers
I look away, my lips can't part a smile.
Bo is there to take her away from him.
One sings "Sun Rise, Sun Set" deep from her lungs.
A white candle blows out, a warning hymn.
So I sat back and bit a bitter tongue.
Congratulations! in line and order
Floundering forced embraces and kisses
Lost in a church built of stone and mortar?
Tears in my eyes, to the bells I listen.
Tables full of food, but no wedding cake.
Losing a friend who wasn't mine to take.


1989 

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Helios commented on Forgotten

08-05-2009

"Swiftly flow the days,seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers, blossoming even as we gaze..." Amazing poem, thank you.

frog commented on Forgotten

06-17-2009

Good realism here in this one. I like how you were so honest in saying you couldn't smile.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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