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The Portrait
A painter with a practised brush
A sitter who cannot sit still
A cynical philosopher
A letter on the windowsill
Beauty, innocence and faith
corrupted by intelligence
Feelings unrequited and
forbidden in a social sense
A portrait hidden deep away
in a dark and dusty room
What sins and horrors there may wait
behind a curtain in the gloom?
A wish made by a careless mind
can ruin souls, and murder bring
A pretty face and hair belie
A wretched, tortured, beastly thing.
A sitter who cannot sit still
A cynical philosopher
A letter on the windowsill
Beauty, innocence and faith
corrupted by intelligence
Feelings unrequited and
forbidden in a social sense
A portrait hidden deep away
in a dark and dusty room
What sins and horrors there may wait
behind a curtain in the gloom?
A wish made by a careless mind
can ruin souls, and murder bring
A pretty face and hair belie
A wretched, tortured, beastly thing.
Published 20th Aug 2013
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Anonymous
20th Aug 2013 2:17pm
There's a E.A.Poe like quality to this write, it reminds me of him. The last line is especially good.
I enjoyed this little macabre thought process. Well done.
Thank you for the read.
I enjoyed this little macabre thought process. Well done.
Thank you for the read.
20th Aug 2013 6:07pm
Thank you <3 It's a few years old this one, just found it lying around my room. Glad you liked it.
