Compost
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All Out Emotion, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Core [C.O.R.E], Freedom to Shine, Friends of RedBubble, Old farts of redbubble, Up & Coming Writers and Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom!The dead collect at my feet like brittle leaves; fallen, dry…pointless.
I push through them as I walk my day away.
They rise in light breezes, but never take flight.
I hear them at night crackling against my window, piled so high they sit on the sill.
The dead ones…lucky ones, I say…twirling in devil winds, coils of life long gone.
But they never go far. They congregate in corners and sit with me in still air.
I feel them; their loathsome weight that weighs nothing at all presses my heart into my throat.
The dead I loved have turned to mold, flimsy recollections of hope.
They spin around me, grazing the ground, twisting my steps.
They want me to join them…
Compost of the ages.
All I need is a rake.
Jakki Oakes
Great read, love it :)
robpixaday replied about 1 month ago
Thank you sooooo much….....and thank you for adding this to your favorites!
kenspics
Powerful writing Robin!!!
Take heart though.. the compost can fertilize, and when ground is fertilized, it brings forth newborn flowers in the cool, refreshing of spring, and these flowers become the glory of our next summer.Death.. where then is thy sting!!!
F.A. Moore
I’m unclear on whether these are dead hopes and dreams, or dead people. I thought the former, until the last 3 lines.
Now I’m confused. But I want to understand.
The image you paint is real and beautifully worded and detailed.
robpixaday replied
Thank you…....... :)
It’s people, but they also represent hopes and dreams to me so I left it a little ambiguous at the beginning.
Jeff Burns
Wonderfully done
F.A. Moore
Congratulations, Robin!!
You’re poem is here!: http://www.redbubble.com/writing/featured
Featured writing for RB!!
Somebody’s watching you!
robpixaday replied about 1 month ago
That’s very cool!
Thank you, Frannie!
solareclips~Ju... about 1 month ago
WOW, very very awesome writing Robin!!! You should add it to my group FTS
robpixaday replied about 1 month ago
O!!!! You’re so sweet! Thank you…..I just added it. To be honest, I didn’t know if it was too dreary…thank you again…....((hugs))
Ushna Sardar about 1 month ago
Excellent read rob!
EnderWiggins about 1 month ago
Wonderful poem, Love this part: “I hear them at night crackling against my window, piled so high they sit on the sill.” Reminds me of a part in Duma Key by Stephen King. Congrats on the feature!
Shoaib . about 1 month ago
beautiful words… congrats on the feature .. thats very cool :)
LjMaxx about 1 month ago
Awesome writing R… Your variety of skills never fail to amaze me..
kashmirecho 29 days ago
Amazing.
F.A. Moore 27 days ago
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steppeland 24 days ago
Wow, awesome writing! the last line makes me smile… Beautiful!
Congrats with the feature in Inside Solo!