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Where Lullabies Die
Waiting
Don't move
Don't breathe
Don't look
Waiting forever
So long
So lost
Frozen in time
Frozen in space
Unmoving
Unseeing
Unfeeling
Waiting to feel
Waiting to see
Waiting to move
Icicles hanging from an iris petal
Tears frozen on a lifeless cheek
Roses fading, falling, dying
Cliffsides hanging into nothing
Oceans dried up
Forests bereft of leaves forever
Mountains falling, crumbling, breaking
Skies void of color, void of light, void of life
Flightless wings
Sightless eyes
Lifeless hearts
Breathless lips
Frozen
Waiting
Forever
Through the stars
Throughout time
But time does not exist anymore
Time is dead
Time is gone
There is only waiting
Earth hard as stone
Water hard as silver
Liquid silver
Frozen silver
Silver like the moon
The cold, cold moon hanging above the cold, dead earth
Unmoving
Sun withered away
Lost behind clouds here to stay
Unmoving clouds that shroud the dying sky
And hide life-giving warmth
Of the withered sun
Lost
Waiting
Undying
Unyeilding
Waiting for life to begin again?
Waiting for the iris to grow again?
Waiting for the rose to bloom again?
For forests to thrive
And mountains to tower over
Green valleys filled with golden warmth
Or liquid silver flowing under a waning moon
That pulls the endless tide in, out, in, out
And a breeze that lifts white wings
So young eyes can revel in the beauty of life
And breathe in the air smelling of wildflowers
And dance through the grasses in the valleys of time
But for now...
There is no life
There is no breath
There is no warmth
There is only cold
Only timeless void
And waiting
Waiting forever
Hoping forever
Frozen forever
In timeless sleep
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I think your tiredness aided considerably the overall feeling of the poem. Once again, I loved it.
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