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As dawn its fragrant scents appeal, In the knife of life I lie, By bitter wounds my heart be stilled, She pierces my soul ...and pierced I die. A thousand breaths, a slow demise, Tempests and storms engulf her soul, In the womb she dies and cries. They await the death of the legacy born The curse, the gift, marveled and feared, As the earth and sky shake and break, Hair fine, the color of earth and silk Her eyes green as the wooded land’s heart To live in death and die in birth Doom and destiny to never part If ‘tis is fate’s account of breath Her soul will forevermore be still in death
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Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 4:55 AM UTC
Zoe
As dawn its fragrant scents appeal, In the knife of life I lie, By bitter wounds my heart be stilled, She pierces my soul ...and pierced I die. A thousand breaths, a slow demise, Tempests and storms engulf her soul, In the womb she dies and cries. They await the death of the legacy born The curse, the gift, marveled and feared, As the earth and sky shake and break, Hair fine, the color of earth and silk Her eyes green as the wooded land’s heart To live in death and die in birth Doom and destiny to never part If ‘tis is fate’s account of breath Her soul will forevermore be still in death
"Zoe" is a name meaning "Life". It becomes a contrasted/ironic title for a poem revolving around death on the brink of life. But is also more metaphoric that literal, as death (or anything negative or evil) tries to rob us of our new beginnings every day.
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Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 4:55 AM UTC
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