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Contemplations

A Poem About Choices

By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemistPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Contemplations
Photo by Damian Siodłak on Unsplash

Until that day I never knew

Behind his eyes there hid a lie

Below the surface shining through

Beneath the turquoise ice and blue

Onto the pages of the sky

Beyond our faults it lies in wait

Beside our guilt and pride and greed

Against our wills we take the bait

For here all that we see is hate

Inside our spirits it shall breed

Along the line my soul must stride

Between the darkness and the day

Until it may come to decide

For which of them that it shall ride

While keeping my own pain at bay

On one side there stands my brother

Without whose steady hand I'll fall

On the other stands the Mother

Make the choice: one or the other

Regarding my life overall

Beside the Mother I stand tall.

sad poetry

About the Creator

Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist

I fell in love with speculative fiction and poetry many years ago, but I have precious little time to write any. Then, I went crazy and started a cult called metAlchemy, or meta alchemy. I revere energy of all brands, esp. good, kind chaos.

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  • Jennifer Plate VanHoy3 years ago

    Thoughtful.🤔

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