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An Echo of Remembrance
Discordant orchestra
a distant roar of applause
My life's accompanying credits
I'm outside
within a circle of my own
memories
rippling through mists
of recollection
Picking shards of broken
glasses, by the pathway
bleeding hands
yet hope in the heart abounds
for betterment
food on plates
tummy warmly filled
Pride swallowed deep
Wishes chanted
mantra
repeated incessantly
a better life
warmer home
to be held and loved
Instead, they brought in the clown
Life became a long drawn joke
no one laughed
until the comedy of errors
ended.
a distant roar of applause
My life's accompanying credits
I'm outside
within a circle of my own
memories
rippling through mists
of recollection
Picking shards of broken
glasses, by the pathway
bleeding hands
yet hope in the heart abounds
for betterment
food on plates
tummy warmly filled
Pride swallowed deep
Wishes chanted
mantra
repeated incessantly
a better life
warmer home
to be held and loved
Instead, they brought in the clown
Life became a long drawn joke
no one laughed
until the comedy of errors
ended.
Published 30th Dec 2013
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30th Dec 2013 3:19pm
30th Dec 2013 3:36pm
30th Dec 2013 4:20pm
Onward Young Maiden-A touching Write Dear Grace-Keep Your strength and head proud!!!
30th Dec 2013 4:37pm
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30th Dec 2013 7:07pm
Lovely piece Grace..your work here reminds me of an old song "the little engine that could" :)
Hold onto that hopeful optimism my friend...I think you can :)
Hold onto that hopeful optimism my friend...I think you can :)
30th Dec 2013 11:30pm
Poetik, did I tell you...you are so discerning. Thanks and oh yes...I think I can...too.
31st Dec 2013 7:31pm
31st Dec 2013 7:56pm
15th Mar 2020 6:08am
Dear G,
This work is intensely fantastic. For me, your piece sung out in contrast of a life wished for versus a life lived. While the entire poem is great your opening and closing stanza’s are breathtaking. Wonderfully crafted with great metaphor of the arts and reality intertwined. Great write.
This work is intensely fantastic. For me, your piece sung out in contrast of a life wished for versus a life lived. While the entire poem is great your opening and closing stanza’s are breathtaking. Wonderfully crafted with great metaphor of the arts and reality intertwined. Great write.
15th Mar 2020 7:21am
Dear Honoria, thank you so much for reading this old and simple poem. It was written during a plateau in my life. Kind words.
