Woe
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe, is love ~ Pearl Bailey
In silence imbued my dissonance
Pulls shadows from the dark
Casting discord of broken years
Upon a sea of perished hearts
Twist the shades of dusk alight
With memory drenched in pain
My bloody core recoils once more
In the memory of thy name
Damn the specters of my dream
That visit in the night
Selling a love that's gone and done
And offers no respite
Red the fire that burns in me
Smoldering embers of thy flame
Death thy grace is stolen from me
Thy grave forgot my name
I wait the day the hawser line
Shall pull me to that place
Where memories that died in me
Rejoice at the sight of your face
Then I shall shout Hosanna, Love
And victory shall be mine
When on that shore, I hold you close
My love at last with thine.
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Veronica Coldiron
I'm a mild-mannered project accountant by day, a free-spirited writer, artist, singer/songwriter the rest of the time. Let's subscribe to each other! I'm excited to be in a community of writers and I'm looking forward to making friends!
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By LUCCIAN LAYTH5 days ago in Critique
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Awesome to read this In good time, friend, in bad time! This morning's 😁 😁😁😁😁😁 There is so much depth in your words that it is a beautiful caption or post! 🌷❤️ Good morning friend ❤️🌷 May you be filled with joy and love. May a kind-hearted person like you always be happy — this is my prayer. 🤲💖
This is just amazing.
beautiful
Beautiful work, Veronica! 👏👏👏 -Thy grave forgot my name- That line gave me the chills. Very effective.
Well done on your top story ☺
Beautiful work Veronica!!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This is gorgeous. Congrats on the Ts.
A beautiful poem
Congratulations on TS! I just shared this wonderful piece on my author page this morning ❤️
What a lingeringly beautiful poem. Congratulations, too, on the Top Story - it's so well-earned.
Beautiful ballad!!! Love it!!!❤️❤️💕 Congratulations on Top Story!!!
Wow this is really good. I'm a poet writer too and I have to say this is amazing work. I really felt the emotions on this.
Well they took their time, but damn it deserves it, congrats on a stunning Top Story, Veronica!
Wow, this is beautiful and creates images of darkness that leaves you wanting to read more! Well done 😁👍🍁.
This is so well done and beautiful, Veronica! I felt every single word ❤️
I loved the feel of this and the flow and the word choices...so pretty much everything, lol!! Wonderful piece, Veronica :)
sad, dramatic, evocative and beautiful
This was so poignant and beautifully penned. Loved it so much!