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Song for an Unnamed Biblical woman
(The Pen That Forgot)

"You lived like the rest
raised a king on your breast
a mother a lover
a vagabond

Yet steadfast in faith
among the crying of wraiths
a duty bereft
of all dignity

So the kings went to war
their stories sung afar
at home you quietly swept dust
from the marriage bed

For the few that believe
there were hearts that conceived
a most excellent tree
to hang you from

So the mob came to call
pressed your back to the wall
took thigh and took foot
and night buried you

Left torn by the door
your warm blood on the floor
you called out for your man
who'd forsaken you

Soon time would erase
any hint of your trace
no spoon and no bell
and no memory

Was it a fate for your lot
or a pen that forgot
or a bigger truth that should trump
your identity?

But the Light is a song
that outshines every wrong
we sing we repent
and remember you"
-k. rolly

model:lauren
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~pandalemur Nov 12, 2009
Beautiful and striking.
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~JoelBelmont Nov 12, 2009
Beautiful words.

Again, would love to see a focus on the scriptures that it not so dark and heavy--more celebratory of the good, but that's just me.
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~o0-Rawrtastic-0o Nov 7, 2009  Student General Artist
Wow.
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~spindl Nov 6, 2009
strange and beautiful. I look for a while.
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~ChainsawNinja Nov 6, 2009
That is really creepy (in a good way) and well made.
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~ProfoundAlternative Nov 6, 2009
So creepy and devastating. I love it.
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~primulatook Nov 6, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
so lovely and so tragic...
you wrote the poem? wonderful!
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`kevissimo Nov 6, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you...and yes. Though I wrote it VERY late last night and was afraid to read it this morning...
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~primulatook Nov 6, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
you should be happy to read it this morning... i love it!
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~crescentsi Nov 6, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Really good ghost :-)
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