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elegy for rose

March 3, 2014
By migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." --Marcus Aurelius


I haven’t much to
sleep about; it’s silent but
the silence is loud.

There is a space shaped
like a one-winged songbird (small
and soft and broken)

in my world tonight.
Now, if I sang out, nothing
sweet would answer me.



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Mckay ELITE said...
on Jun. 30 2014 at 4:33 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

I remember Rose now! I remember you mentioned she was a bird you rescued (or something to that effect). I'm sorry to hear that Rose passed away (if from what I'm inferrring from this poem is correct). Love the bitter but real ending.