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Reply #3 - Apr 3rd, 2010 at 5:26am
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I REALLY LOVE THIS with no real suggests for YOUR  WORK heartfelt and well expressed

The changes I placed below are purely from my reaction to your piece and for the sake of seeing it with a somewhat more positive slant 


dark approaches the horizon
as forgetfulness foreshadows time
minutes gathered into hours
as I watched the light leave 
your eyes,

the scale tipped, as the past  
weighed down, 
you disappeared 

I saw within those hollowed orbs 
someone blankly indifferent,
as any passerby

my rock, my support
my brother, gone,
at struggle's end, 
the ravaged tattered
remains of life, sorely tested 

the pain as the burn of the sun
settled and set
light dimmed
to darkness
in its stark and heavy
cloak 
l am enveloped
in the chill
of loss



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he approaches the horizon
as the sun in passing 
risks the shadows-- 
as absence, forgetfulness

as the ebb of time - 
minutes fold to dusk
light lost
as from eyes, remembered, 
brightness sunken to dull

grief resonates 
as no other emotion
stillness blocks revival

as scaled rock, it does not fall away--
it eventually levels
the climber finding balance 
Between the fear 
and the challenge-life is lived.


where at the pinnacle
I stand, to listen 
for the wind
to whisper
your name 

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Reply #2 - Apr 2nd, 2010 at 7:45am
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Sad poem of loss and longing that comes across well.  Just a few thoughts for you to consider.

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the dark sun approaches the horizon
Casting the shadow of forgetfulness
as the ebb of time slows  - minutes gather dust <<-- I really like "minutes gather dust but with the ebb of time it feels tagged on and not as strong as it could be.

Lost
In your eyes the pale remembrance
Of a past time
Those shallow orbits now
Resonate with the indifference of
a common passerby  <<--you could say  more simply "resonate with indifference"

Scales rock
Somehow balanced
Between the lost innocence of youth
and the ravaged tattered strands
of a life lived.  <<--this is quite abstract and seems disconnected to the previous verse and the following one

The sun has set
Shadows melt into the dimming darkness
The
wind whispers a lost name,
BROTHER---
  
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Re: John
Reply #1 - Apr 1st, 2010 at 2:20pm
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Hello, the sentiment here come across well, as do the images. I have a few suggestions, however.




Quote:
The dark sun approaches the horizon   
Casting the shadow of forgetfulness
as the ebb of time slows  - minutes gather dust

Lost
In your eyes the pale remembrance 
Of a past time
Those shallow orbits now
Resonate with the indifference of (nice couplet)
a common passerby 

Scales rock
Somehow balanced
Between the lost innocence of youth
and the ravaged tattered strands 
of a life lived.

The sun has set
Shadows melt into the dimming darkness
The wind whispers a lost name,
BROTHER---




You might play with Sun as a Son, (a dark Son) lost, he remarks on the brother? or vise versa. The strikethrough I've used display sections that could be much stronger, imo.

Thanks for the read, 
Mark
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Apr 1st, 2010 at 1:55am
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the dark sun approaches the horizon
Casting the shadow of forgetfulness
as the ebb of time slows  - minutes gather dust

Lost
In your eyes the pale remembrance 
Of a past time 
Those shallow orbits now
Resonate with the indifference of 
a common passerby

Scales rock 
Somehow balanced
Between the lost innocence of youth
and the ravaged tattered strands 
of a life lived.

The sun has set
Shadows melt into the dimming darkness
The wind whispers a lost name,
BROTHER---
  
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