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The River
Peace is almost
A victory you might keep
It's strewn together on lilac knives
That lay so intimate
Conflicted sounds
A stop sign of crack ceilings
Incisions that pick locks
Lately it might be
All the worry
Never could hold still
Like another dam overflowing
Twirl with twine
It's crowded from seams
A river found while in slipstream
That chills the bone
Drag the coal below
It's flushed with a thousand lives
Each one you helped make
But never scraped
Recall it quick
The fingers didn't make
Bending brackets of past mistakes
A victory you might keep
It's strewn together on lilac knives
That lay so intimate
Conflicted sounds
A stop sign of crack ceilings
Incisions that pick locks
Lately it might be
All the worry
Never could hold still
Like another dam overflowing
Twirl with twine
It's crowded from seams
A river found while in slipstream
That chills the bone
Drag the coal below
It's flushed with a thousand lives
Each one you helped make
But never scraped
Recall it quick
The fingers didn't make
Bending brackets of past mistakes
Published 19th Jan 2016
| Edited 11th Jun 2021
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19th Jan 2016 1:57pm
"In this river all fade to black,in this river ain't no coming back." - Zakk Wylde Good write,I enjoyed it very much.Everything in the river floats away in the stream,but where the river goes,no one will ever know.
29th Jan 2016 10:13am
Peace is almost
A victory you might keep
It's strewn together on lilac knives
That lay so intimate
The imagery of this struck me, and hooked me. Your writing as a whole appears to hold itself to a very unique style that I can appreciate -- it reminds me in a sense of the music that fills my ears as I read it (songs ironically titled 'The River' and 'Carrion')
Very creative and enjoyable read.
A.I.
A victory you might keep
It's strewn together on lilac knives
That lay so intimate
The imagery of this struck me, and hooked me. Your writing as a whole appears to hold itself to a very unique style that I can appreciate -- it reminds me in a sense of the music that fills my ears as I read it (songs ironically titled 'The River' and 'Carrion')
Very creative and enjoyable read.
A.I.
Anonymous
6th Aug 2016 00:32am
I truly love this piece.
The imagery lingers. Your words are felt, and deeply.
The imagery lingers. Your words are felt, and deeply.
