This Poem was Submitted By: Christopher Rhodes On Date: 2002-04-15 22:59:03 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Obelisk

Here I stand, an obelisk against the waves. The incessant battering slowly erodes unyielding stone. The passage of years shows in the rough texture of a once smooth-polished face. The isolated spire stands aloof, defiantly unbowed by the ravages of time. Wrinkles cut by sand and salt, grim reminders of mortality. This solitary bastion will not eternally stand against the tide, no matter how resolute.   One day it too shall fall. Soft-edged jagged bones will lie untended and forgotten; half interred in the sands of shattered dreams, wailing their silent dirge  into the cold, clear heart of ignominy where no tear rolls down warm marble cheeks.

Copyright © April 2002 Christopher Rhodes


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