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bookworm_rose

4/14/09 07:17 pm

So, the same notebook I wrote the first poem of today in contained this one, and I thought I'd share it, too. I'd forgotten that I wrote it... :)

Beauty

A swan is ugly--
A wayward spirit,
A shadow, or the reflection of one
Drifting on a dark blue lake--
     Ice, glass, shallow, smooth--
Bright in the depth of night,
With silver slicing rays, shimmering;
The swan is a puzzle-picture,
Body covered by the down of youth,
Spattered with the feathers of maturity
And so white--
     Snow, cloud, paper, salt--
That moonlight casts an ethereal glow
With a spark in eyes that are so serious--
     Coal, dark, night, thread--
And a sharp beak,
Set in a plain-feathered face,
Which other birds coo--
     Shy, smart, silent, sweet--
The swan sees none of these in the water,
Floating with a serence clumsiness,
A part of the lake, one of her fellows;
It is the lake that pieces the puzzle,
The lake that creates the illusion of beauty--
A swan is ugly.

And...yeah, that wraps that up.

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• hiya!

  (Anonymous)

  5/3/09 12:29 am (UTC)

  Wow Rose negative, much? jk I still love you! But really lets be positive and what happend to the dear rita? I miss that :(

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    bookworm_rose

    5/3/09 12:46 am (UTC)

    

    Yeah, I know. Everyone has their angst-days and for me, it all just bursts out into poem form. The good thing is, now I don't even remember why or when I wrote the poem, so the issue is nonexistant. :)

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