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Dec 2012
Oh sweet twilight death
There is no absence of love
Not even in the darkest place,
A kiss of warfare
Did not stop my bride,
My beautiful maiden,
A haunting symphony
Dances on the foul wind
This wedding melody
Has been twisted so sweetly
By the twilight death
How can something so wonderful
Exist in such destruction?
Blossoms of blood,
Flowers of gore,
Beauty and the beast,
It is not a mere fairy tale.
Love leaves entrails of fear
Hope buries the carcass
My lovely bride,
Her eyes like starlight
Glisten in comparison
To the constellations
They too dwell in a dark place
Light that will never fade
Her skin like pearls
Pure despite the filth
Despite this broken earth
Oh sweet twilight death
Even in this hour of demise,
Love is burning brightly
Love cannot decay
This poem was an old assignment I dug up from my writer's craft papers. The assignment was to allow coexistence between the ugly and the beautiful. I can honestly say I didnt know they could coexist until I experimented with many words. It was difficult, but I really enjoyed this challenge.
Of course I also believe almost anything can sound beautiful if you add the right words. Beautiful and ugly can live in harmony.
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   jerely, Hilda, Timothy and Anon C
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