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William Norfleet started the topic To Talk of things… in the forum Poetry Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
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To Reap That Which has been Seeded
After I walk into the mine
Of vast assorted articles
My mind is so entranced that I
Would dare to walk the particles.
These minds so fit to toil long
Into the coldest winter night.
I daren’t pass their strong sublime
Nor take that wherewith was not mine.
These cold walls drip and drag with thought
Their memory doesn’t fade with time;
I see within their startled eyes
These verities beheld in truth.
Then leaving that dusty, dirty shell
I find a rag of watered well.
I take it up and grip it firm
The ends don’t meet, they leave the worm.
Then clasped I wring it of its juice
Its gladness, full, of watered used.
But still, this sprout within has grown
And still I push myself to hone
This craft that with all merited thought
I would not finish, complete this rhyme.
So hard, not slight, this wet spring dew
It flew and still no end became
I tried and not did I fulfil
That with which I assayed to do.
I dropped that rag and left that room
Unto the fiery gates of bliss.
The garden, I walk and reminisce
These talks that I have undergone.
These friends of cherished cherry trees
And long-cut grass, they wave with leaves.
So left upon that mount I lay
And stare the stars begin to fade.
Not to leave this world behind
But to again, behold the night.
I just wrote this on a thought and thought you guys might enjoy and critique. And tag anyone else of whom you can think. I’m kinda in that mood, ya know? *btw, I just wrote this out with no clear editing so feel free to barrage me with criticism.* 🙂










