The howl of the moon
The depth of the sun
The universe spreads above
With stars falling
Falling
Like a broken heart's tears
The darkness writhes
The sunshine, blinding
All that's left of the world
Is stone crumbling
Crumbling
Into the desert waste
© Copyright 2018 Jett Watson. All rights reserved.
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I love the title! Good visuals, too. Makes me think of the world ending over heartbreak. :)
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Thank you! I'm chuckling at myself as I reread it now -- at every line I think to myself, "Now THAT would make an excellent book title."
I'm totally upset and frustrated, how do you get spaces in the story? Mine come out in big giant blocks! BTW I loooove your poem it's so descriptive
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Thanks for the comment! I got spaces in this particular poem because I typed it up in Booksie, and it does that automatically. If you're writing it in a word processor, you can go to "format" and change the line spacing to double, but I don't know how well that transfers to Booksie unless you use Microsoft Word. If you just want spaces between paragraphs, you can hit "enter" twice. I hope that helps!
Wow, Jett, this one is really deep. The tortured moon seems to be losing its battle against the ever-encroaching light; those stars that fall like tears evoke a sense of sadness about it all. Then the sun takes over completely and scorches everything that remains. Very hot.
That last line brought to mind the baked sands--and deteriorating monuments--of Egypt. Could that be a parable for humanity?
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I really like that interpretation. I LIKE it. You may have just convinced me to leave this poem be -- I don't want to touch it now that I see it that way. Thank you very much!
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Dawn is coming...
That's what it feels like to me, at least.
As the night, the darkness is being washed away by the rising of a new day.
That's my own perspective. A new day is a new beginning.
~MA~
interesting poem. i love the lines where stars fall from above and you imaginated as tears. great it is.... wonderful poem
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