The Decline

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    The Decline

    My heart is heavy and my sigh is low,

    The dawn is no longer approaching,

    The clouds are blinding and the sun is dim,

    winter is come and its lease is long o’er life!

     

    I cannot now recall the warmth of the sun on my skin,

    Nor the soft touch of love on my heart,

    For who could love one as I?

    Who could ever dream of me and recall me fondly?

    I am not as I once was, youth hath left me,

    I am now on my knees and will by time decay.

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    DeepEclipse commented on The Decline

    06-29-2010

    It's like love is more necessary than air perhaps. A vital nutrient. Not the typical televised version of love, more the scriptural explanation. It seems so because when it isn't there, it is extremely noticable. It leaves a vaccum of emptiness so visibly. Good honest emotional expression.
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    Narrator

    08/14/2010

    Thank you, as ever, for taking the time to read and comment. Yes, I think love must always be more than it is made out to be, for what convention can explain the lack of grounding or emptiness that accompanies a life without love. Thank you once more, your comments always leave me feeling humble.

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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