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Bastion of Life

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That feeling you get, that apathy and disillusionment?
When your face grows haggard and pale and lost,
Even children don’t know which way to turn,
It feels like you’re haunted, dogged by flames.
She wears a beautiful guise, fanning those flames,
Yet underneath is her evil, horns and twisted metal.

Simple joys like warm tea spreading its leaves,
Beautiful in a clear teapot then poured into green ceramic,
Or baby shoes, or the sight of a gliding swan,
Turn into ash and ruin, abandoned offices strewn with paper,
Schoolrooms neglected and destroyed, homes wrecked.
The land turns sere, sand and dust cover over it all.

Yet there are bastions of life, green sprinkled with pebbles,
An ocean lapping at a golden beach, a child playing in cotton fields.
Imagine your worries as pyramids, toss them away and leave the desert.
Find the tree who lights your inspiration, gather with those of like mind and heart,
Sometimes lost in buildings of green or wandering near windmils,
Let the dirt cover your knees as you are reborn and the sun gilds the rocks.

Those baby shoes are the symbol of the future and joy,
The tea of home and simple pleasures long denied.
Brush the dust off the glass bottles and pour out emotions.
Kill the demon of apathy, ignore her beauty and the flames
Let the haunted past slide from your pale features
And welcome the light and caring back into your heart.

When we all stand strong against the apathy,
Against the desire to just ignore the pain,
We grow and mature and nurture each other
Into the beings of light and hope we all can be.
Never let go of your sympathy and empathy
And fan the flames of passion not cowardice.
This is the second poem for the Winter Writing Event over at Literary Publications. I went a step sideways, I think, in writing this and traveled into the abstract. Still has similar themes of demons destroying and hope surviving to thrive again but a different message this time. Enjoy and, as always, comments are :heart:
© 2013 - 2024 remanth
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RoboticZamat's avatar
Pretty heavy and strong working, creating a powerful emotion while a person reads this one. 
Really bringing to my mind that winter's wind that blows through you and makes you want to hurry home asap and get into a nice warm bath where you feel so much safer and not so desperately alone. 

Great work this. 

Cheers!
R-chan out!
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