Will they wail and wring their hands,
whilst reminiscing tumbled sands.
Will my character – once frayed -
be recycled and displayed,
miraculously untarnished?
Villain, while my breath remained,
whose tolerated presence, pained.
Now suddenly of saintly stock,
no more to slander or to mock,
for death breeds superstition.
Oh, how I gleefully would long,
to sit among that sombre throng
and be empowered to plant and feed
the 'Guilty flower's' tiny seed
and laugh to watch it blooming.
For gossip, goes to bed with lies,
and ruts, to breed incestuous sighs,
which growing swiftly into lore,
smother all the heretofore,
til memories lie tainted.
But death arrives, with righteous sword
and though mute, has final word.
Lying eunuchs, shivering hide
within cocoons, well known as snide
awaiting fresh new targets.
Comments
RachelPatricia | June 7, 2010 - 00:50
I like this, opening stanza is brilliant, congrats on the cherry :)
Rachel xx
chuck | June 7, 2010 - 00:52
Very nice threeleaf....timeless Elizabethan.
threeleafshamrock | June 7, 2010 - 07:33
Thanks Pen.... glad you liked and thanks for taking the time to comment
Chris ;)
threeleafshamrock | June 7, 2010 - 07:36
Cheers Chuck, haven't been on much lately - been kind of tied up in a bit of work that came my way. Hoping to get back into it more. Thanks for the shout and glad you liked ramble ;)
Chris ;)
MistakenMagic | June 8, 2010 - 14:40
'For gossip, goes to bed with lies,
and rut, to breed incestuous sighs,
which growing swiftly into lore,
smother all the heretofore,
til memories lie tainted.'
- really love this stanza, Chris! Well done on the cherry ;)
Magic xxx
threeleafshamrock | June 9, 2010 - 11:37
Thanks Magic, and thanks to the cherry pickers ;)
Glad you liked this one
Chris ;) XXXXX
Amna | June 20, 2010 - 22:24
I enjoyed this too Chris :) All the best, Amna x
russiandoll | August 18, 2010 - 21:10
Wow, very powerful and hugely accomplished and refined. Impressive stuff Mr!