Clefts In Rock

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Dec 2012 662 Views 9 comments

Clefts In The Rock

Snow falls softly over quiet meadow
A soliloquy of stillness pervades
My floating thoughts are only an echo
Humanity hesitates and evades

A chilling cold becomes a welcomed hush
Old smile still frozen on its sightless face
Beautiful eyes once filled with tears so lush
Death welcomes all in its muted embrace

Sadly life abandons our greatest Host
A rusted barbed wire strand become our crown
Mankind becoming cold, deaf as a post
Maybe a branch a knife will whittle down

Come gather together my scattered flock
Time to stop hiding 'tween clefts in the rock

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Posted: Dec 2012

About this poem:

A deliberate use of metaphor to protest against the emptiness of violent death......and the complete lack of faith, hope, charity, and love sometimes found in my fellow man in this sometimes desolate world as one would imagine if one could gaze across a barren winter battlefield.

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Comments (9)

Poetnumber1St James, Port of Spain Trinidad and TobagoDec 23, 2012

Masterfully written,a well deserved applause

.Quality work

and thanks for the deliberate metaphoric use

,my style of poetry....cheers friend

hedistuffLayopolis, West Virginia USADec 23, 2012

beatiful yankee...I feel refreshed already

cafetwo2010Harford county, Maryland USADec 23, 2012

First class piece of work Yank. A great
humanitarian you are. But I already
knew that..

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USADec 23, 2012

M Thank you very much. There's something still deeply troubling about recent events in my country...that nothing short of a miracle can restore our collective sense of security...that's how deeply these feelings or needs perhaps run.

fo all the victims....

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USADec 23, 2012

As faith does refresh and embolden us...

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USADec 23, 2012

Hi Cafe.... sometimes we need to all reassure ourselves of our courage....to face the carnage...and know when to ask for help.....

cherryreggaebayside, New York USADec 23, 2012

This is truly an amazing write Yankee. It's so honest & real about human nature. Ever word has a deep & profound meaning, I can't pick just one quote from this poem...