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An Elegy

The raven’s call make us believe,

Believe we may be more than we can.

The doves listen close

For things that we ne’er cherish most

While we sink into the sand.

 

Calls bellow and their wings do flap

Higher to the sun do they ascend.

Follow them we do

Towards horizons and oceans blue

In hopes of making amends

 

Crests rise to where eyes cannot meet

Realizing what has been found, they hid.

In streets of marble

And temples hollow,

Still are words that utter so subtle,

Life will die without its rib.

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the-old-river
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Nov 25, 2013
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