Counting Angels as they fall to the ground,
Leaving shadows scorched into unforgiving earth.
Silent reminders of their unexpected arrival.
Looking skyward the lone witness,
Contemplates his final moments to the reckoning.
Written in the sands of time, deranged by mankind.
Exorcised and deified, he stands cleansed.
Judgment has claimed it's final day.
Exorbitant in his glee, true life has been redeemed.
Unintentional harbingers, victims of their own device,
Stand in the midnight sun, forgiving in their misguided faith.
Oblivious of the shadow descending to desecrate their sins.
The artificial suns nuclear x-ray eye,
Snaps a montage of pictures,
The living will never see.
Ashes to ashes...
Wade
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Comments: 30
Great job!
That one word was the first thought I had upon reading this.
I love the poem.
(Note: I mean rearranged because I wrote this poem in its rough form 4 years ago and it didn't make sense to me until 4 am this morning when I "rearranged it" to a sensible version)
Jules~ Only death is for certain, eh? I like the way you think. We can always prevent the errors of our ways from being our ultimate destruction. Sometimes we just need to weed out the riff raff. Thank you!
Tina~ Redemption...a very good word indeed. Thank you so much!
Jennifer B~ You are very kind. Thank you! The darker side of the spectrum is where I tend to gravitate towards, with some retrospection thrown in for good measure. I have more if you find this piece interesting.
CC~ Thank you so much! Everyone's words fill a void that I feel has been left open far too long.
(it's just too early in the day for that, yet)
Sober, by the light of day, it's still a good poem. Yep. It has a nice internal tension. I don't know what you're talking about (funny how a poem can be that way) but I feel an actual vibration that often is almost bouncing from line to line (sometimes more than one line seems to go together - and that's a good thing).
Lori~ Thank you so much! It's good to see you again too. Thanks for dropping by.
It's so cool.
Peter~ Brilliant! You're so very welcome! Thank you.
To sum-up what I taste and feel in this poem, Wade, and I may be wrong, is that the individual is responsible for their own actions and reactions; and that none of us is blameless, and that there is grace -- "... forgiving in their misguided faith."
It's good to be back and to peer into your heart and soul again, my dear brother! Well done.
John S~ Yes sir, well done to you! This poem didn't make any sense to me in its first draft so I understand your thoughts about poetry/prose. Thanks for reading.
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