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The Bronze Horseman

January 20, 2014
By bluewallflower BRONZE, Santa Fe, Texas
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bluewallflower BRONZE, Santa Fe, Texas
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"I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."-Anais Nin

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snow falls silently down to the forest floor
sharp air pierces the lungs
and the night is all consuming
his empty eyes gaze into a forgotten world
a world much brighter than this one
a world of people led away by a false promise
his bronze exterior gleams no more
like cathedrals and their shining interiors gleam no more
he decays a long with the time from which he came
covered in vines and defaced by revolution
his sword pointing up towards the stars overhead
dim lights hanging in a sea of black
charging forward but the horse stands still
locked in a world frozen in ice

© Anton J., Philadelphia, PA

The author's comments:
The poem is about the Russian revolution and an old statue of a horseman built before the communist uprising. The decaying statue is supposed to remind you of what life must have been like before the revolution and shows how much war and conflict has changed Russia.
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