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Embrace
(Poetry)
23-05-2006
by Elisa D.
She's crouching right down
A corroded wall supports her boney back
Her knees hold her trembling head
Her hands hold her belongings, scarce in a sack
Sand, like fear spirals around her
Stinging and piercing her cheeks and ears
With wind,...
On and On
(Poetry)
18-05-2006
by Elisa D.
My world extends only to the horizons
I know that yours does too
I feel like I am avoiding pain
but there is nothing I can do
Only in my mind can I see suffering
Yet my heart feels no pain
My television set can spur an image
but to the...
Solemn Face
(Poetry)
17-05-2006
by Elisa D.
The reason for a solemn face
Isn't because of where I am
but because of what is happening
to our world
to our time
look at a globe
put your finger on it
you smile and mock
but I cry
In that country there is violence
In that one...
That girl
(Poetry)
23-05-2006
by Elisa D.
That girl in the corner
She always stands there
There face is blank
Her eyes are bare
Blank for the ridicule haunting her
Bare for her crying soul
A frown smothers her face
Discrete, thin
Compelling disgrace
Her curling hair
Never...
The Earth Sheds Too Much
(Poetry)
31-07-2006
by Elisa D.
The sky is so powerful
unleashing
I slip from the building, I run to the grass
I swing from the branches, right up the tree
Orange sunlight floods through the gaping branches
glowing a yellow shine on the newly crisped leaves
a cool breeze...
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