***
there
was
always
the
invisible link
***
***
the
knowledge
was pooled
as
one
***
snippets
fading
then
coming
back
***
infiniteness
of
infinity
and
beyond
***
***
lies
secrets
betrayals
their
death
***
interconnecting
links
held
them
together
***
they
knew
even though
they
were not near
***
the
faceless
clock
of
time
***
***
worn
as
a medallion
the
past
***
what
was
it
out
there?
***
***
the
corridors
of
the
past
***
the
shadows
came
and
went
***
***
their
tragedy
so
long
ago
***
betrayal
but
they
kept
the secret
***
***
they
knew
but also
someone else
did
***
the
knowledge
they shared
among
themselves
***
***
everything
but
nothing
yet
everything
***
knowing
how
to melt
into
the night
***
It
finally
came
to
an end
***
***
lying
in
the snow
black rose
weeping
***
his
home
was
his
grave
***
***
the map
had changed
irrevocably
the
past
***
***
a shard of glass
deep
in the heart
bleeding
it dry
***
the gaudy trinkets
of
life
barely concealing
stark reality
***
she remembered
a bustling community
against all odds
all she could see today
desolation and despair
***
so alive
all those years
ago
now dereliction
abandonment
***
her
heart
sank
who ripped out the living heart
of the community?
***
the
heart
discarded
but not
by those within
***
progress
to
the eye
but not
to the heart
***
communities
like the buildings
around them
burnt out, missing
soulless
***
the soulless windows
of
the buildings
gazed
unseeingly
***
the fire
now
gone
blackened windows
gazed into the void
***
the
community
driven
to extremes
of
behaviour
***
***
they
responded
the only way
they
knew how
***
malodorous
players
card dealing
in
a fug of smoke
***
***
notices
on
doors
instructions
of fetidity
***
even
death
an overblown
display
of garishness
***
on the
stairwell
notices
mephitic
incredulity
***
the
writing
on the wall
rubbed out
so many times
***
as
roseate mists
of dawn cleared
the deadened depravity
asserted itself
***
the city
its radiating roads
now destroyed
a system
of perverse one ways
***
the city
a
cantankerous infection
of
the soul
***
emptiness
"rats" ate out
and poisoned
the
heart
***
***
extremes of poverty
and affluence
degrading
less middle road
in everything
***
the new
even
more corrupt
than
the old
***
it
was
bled dry
then
abandoned
***
time
never
forgets
neither
does it heal
***
***
the
voice
came
from
just over there
***
***
the
lullaby
sung
her
to sleep
***
there
was
always
the
invisible link
***
***
the
knowledge
was pooled
as
one
***
snippets
fading
then
coming
back
***
infiniteness
of
infinity
and
beyond
***
***
lies
secrets
betrayals
their
death
***
interconnecting
links
held
them
together
***
they
knew
even though
they
were not near
***
the
faceless
clock
of
time
***
***
worn
as
a medallion
the
past
***
what
was
it
out
there?
***
***
the
corridors
of
the
past
***
the
shadows
came
and
went
***
***
their
tragedy
so
long
ago
***
betrayal
but
they
kept
the secret
***
***
they
knew
but also
someone else
did
***
the
knowledge
they shared
among
themselves
***
***
everything
but
nothing
yet
everything
***
knowing
how
to melt
into
the night
***
It
finally
came
to
an end
***
***
lying
in
the snow
black rose
weeping
***
his
home
was
his
grave
***
***
the map
had changed
irrevocably
the
past
***
***
a shard of glass
deep
in the heart
bleeding
it dry
***
the gaudy trinkets
of
life
barely concealing
stark reality
***
she remembered
a bustling community
against all odds
all she could see today
desolation and despair
***
so alive
all those years
ago
now dereliction
abandonment
***
her
heart
sank
who ripped out the living heart
of the community?
***
the
heart
discarded
but not
by those within
***
progress
to
the eye
but not
to the heart
***
communities
like the buildings
around them
burnt out, missing
soulless
***
the soulless windows
of
the buildings
gazed
unseeingly
***
the fire
now
gone
blackened windows
gazed into the void
***
the
community
driven
to extremes
of
behaviour
***
***
they
responded
the only way
they
knew how
***
malodorous
players
card dealing
in
a fug of smoke
***
***
notices
on
doors
instructions
of fetidity
***
even
death
an overblown
display
of garishness
***
on the
stairwell
notices
mephitic
incredulity
***
the
writing
on the wall
rubbed out
so many times
***
as
roseate mists
of dawn cleared
the deadened depravity
asserted itself
***
the city
its radiating roads
now destroyed
a system
of perverse one ways
***
the city
a
cantankerous infection
of
the soul
***
emptiness
"rats" ate out
and poisoned
the
heart
***
***
extremes of poverty
and affluence
degrading
less middle road
in everything
***
the new
even
more corrupt
than
the old
***
it
was
bled dry
then
abandoned
***
time
never
forgets
neither
does it heal
***
***
the
voice
came
from
just over there
***
***
the
lullaby
sung
her
to sleep
***
your works are lovely
ReplyDeleteHi gen (the voice that came from just over there! i tell you sends chills down my spine i not know how you do this But you style with less words you tell more .. and this one lol just gives me goosebumps for some reason How wild good is that .. your poetry all of it always makes me Feel , the amount of emotion you give in such small narrative is always mind boggling for me I would love to be able to do this. As you can see I cant even write a small narrative to express myself ! lol AGAIN Just always beeUtiful work Beez :)))
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