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Absence

May 28, 2012
By AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
17 articles 7 photos 131 comments

Tendrils of fog
seep into this hollow,
oceans of mist,
perpetually reverberating ripples -
a hazy composition;
I could drown in this song.

I grasp at waves of emptiness
while the soft whispers of slumber
fill my ears:



awaken.

It's easy to forget in these echoes
that something can be nothing,

but no matter how deep I go
there is always deeper to sink;
there is no escape from the
layers and layers of undulating sound -
there is only infinite time to sit and
listen to the silence of someone missing.



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on Sep. 1 2012 at 7:15 pm
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
17 articles 7 photos 131 comments
thank you! and will do

on Sep. 1 2012 at 7:14 pm
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
17 articles 7 photos 131 comments
thanks so much! i was aiming for that. it was partially inspired by the deep, ocean-y sound of "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" by Radiohead!

on Sep. 1 2012 at 7:13 pm
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
17 articles 7 photos 131 comments
thank you!

so_joy SILVER said...
on Aug. 30 2012 at 8:16 pm
so_joy SILVER, Navesink, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you want to see."

Beautiful! Great job! Please read, rate, and comment on my poems! Thanks!

on Jun. 28 2012 at 10:21 am
missscribbles SILVER, Paris, Other
6 articles 0 photos 25 comments
I love this poem, it's really beautiful and haunting

on Jun. 24 2012 at 8:26 pm
silverwolf63 BRONZE, Dunnville, Other
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Galations 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

Spooky but enchanting. Interesting style kinda like some of mine.