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Beneath the Willow

June 23, 2014
By A.Harkness SILVER, Deming, Washington
A.Harkness SILVER, Deming, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone". -Anonymous


Deaf to the clamor of thunder,
which rips the darkened heavens in its fury,
she sits beneath the weeping willow.

Casting green tears in a perpetual cascade,
her aegis forms an emerald bulwark
against the behemoth of reality,
protecting her from those who seek
to extinguish hope’s effulgent embers,
and concealing her from that which seeks
to put out inspiration’s flame,
ever flickering in refulgence.
To the trunk she clings,
leaning on the portcullis of phantasmagoria,
but also clutching to the shackles
that bind her to the corporal world.

Struggling to hold on,
she watches as the skeins of her sanity unravel,
as she sits in forlorn solitude.

Enveloped in verdurous immurement,
carefully hidden within her sanctum,
she mutely muses
as her reveries grant her ephemeral impunity
from reality’s grasp.
It is here she dreams of home,
sifting through the sand
and lifting her gaze to the stars
of the Mojave.



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Erica2013 said...
on Oct. 18 2014 at 2:34 pm
Erica2013, Cincinnati, Ohio
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I  thought this was amazing i liked it.

on Aug. 23 2014 at 7:03 pm
A.Harkness SILVER, Deming, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone". -Anonymous

Thank you!

on Aug. 23 2014 at 5:27 pm
LitLover101 BRONZE, Arvada, Colorado
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Mares Eat Oats, And Does Eat Oats And Little Lambs Eat Ivy<3

There are so many components to this poem, but that is what makes it excellent!

on Jul. 7 2014 at 11:39 pm
A.Harkness SILVER, Deming, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone". -Anonymous

Once again, thank you for your time and consideration. :) 

on Jul. 7 2014 at 6:56 pm
TheComet PLATINUM, Mostaganem, Other
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&quot;Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret&quot; -Ambrose Bierce<br /> &quot; Be yourself! Everybody else is already taken ;)&quot;<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t go where the path leads you. Go instead where there&#039;s no path and leave a trail ;)&quot;-R.W.Emerson

Wow that was so deep!! You certainly have a great talent. Your poem is a masterpiece i really mean it ^_^ Keep writing and submitting your work I can see that oneday you'll be a great write if you hold on and stick to this work