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Scattered

December 16, 2011
By Wildflower30 SILVER, Kolkata, Other
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Wildflower30 SILVER, Kolkata, Other
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Create your own sayings, for only then do they make sense most. ---- Me

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When the yellow leaves sped fast
With wings so weak, in the wind,
A darling spell was cast
Upon my fingers, and colours pinned


There was a Victorian house,
The ladies there were lovely, blind
And there was an Autumn rouse
My mind, up to the sky, assigned


There was a chariot unmanned,
Which broke to shards of crystal glass
There was a lamp upon a stand
The fire melted to red mass


The storm was echoing afar
The roads were listlessly leaf-clad
My eyes wielded a scar -
And then, people shrieked like mad


Drops of diamonds fell slow
The girls were dying in the smoke
As I heard a snow dove crow
I watched myself within a cloak


And when the ink was dry
I cried in my secret heaven, wild
My mind was hard to pry
I still am an Autumn child

The author's comments:
Ever had fleeting disjointed thoughts? Ones that seemed too beautiful?
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This article has 10 comments.

Wildflower30 SILVER said...
on May. 20 2012 at 12:28 pm
Wildflower30 SILVER, Kolkata, Other
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Really? But how? I would really like to hear. :) 
Thank you for the rest! :)
SweetSandyFlower GOLD said...
on Apr. 17 2012 at 12:20 am
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i love the concept, but the secong stanza seems kind of throw together. I still love it all though.
Wildflower30 SILVER said...
on Jan. 19 2012 at 12:17 am
Wildflower30 SILVER, Kolkata, Other
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Thanks. :)
Studio_Riet GOLD said...
on Jan. 18 2012 at 12:39 am
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This kind of reminds me of a lot of my earlier work. I would just write what came to me, and see what happened. I love the whimsicality of the phrasing and how the stanzas are organized.
Wildflower30 SILVER said...
on Jan. 11 2012 at 12:13 am
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Thank you! :D
alligator6 SILVER said...
on Jan. 11 2012 at 12:07 am
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this is absolutely beautiful!
Wildflower30 SILVER said...
on Dec. 30 2011 at 1:48 am
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So happy you think so. :D
cookiestar said...
on Dec. 29 2011 at 9:14 am
This is beautiful:). This is unique, and beautifully written.
Wildflower30 SILVER said...
on Dec. 29 2011 at 2:30 am
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"The Autumn Child" might had indicated somebody else, but "Scattered" is a little subtle. Wider. Thank you. :)
Anamika SILVER said...
on Dec. 28 2011 at 5:36 am
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very well written:) although I would have titled it "the autumn child". but i totally understand those disjointed beautiful thoughts.