Naught but ash

by Tiomara

in Poetry.

Naught but ash

Watch the pages as they flutter by,
naught but weightless ash in the breeze.
The text of legends and history
nothing but a faint smeared memory.

Come my brethren, throw the quills aside!
watch the flames consume our lives,
consume our passions and love,
the diligent work burning passionately.

The black and white butterflies flutter by,
delicate wings brushing gently, softly,
never lingering on a steadfast course,
the beauty forever imprinted in the mind.

Gaze now, as our words fly to ash,
burning the books we loved, cherished.
The butterflies no more, delicacy forgotten,
all left behind for marble statues.

Beauty behold the smooth stone men,
no patience left to wait for butterflies,
no time left to cherish the quill,
all left now to turn to naught but ash.

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Mar 9th 2009
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It frustrates me so, to see the beauty of words left behind for the quick and easy. The serenity of curling up with a book and getting lost in history, fantasy and a breath taking story lost on the generation of quick browsing views. Art that I have worked so long in my life to perfect, to create beauty, left behind because of the simple statement "I don't have the time".

What is wrong with you people?

What happened to the child who loved reading kids books with the parents?

What happened to the imagination that inspired us to do great things?

You people who don't have time to read a simple poem, to take five minutes out of your porn browsing day, you disgust me.

Many writers go to great lengths to create the visual imagery that you thrive on, depend on, yet they get shoved aside for some artist who spent ten minutes on a doodle of a cock.

Even the writers who write porn write to ensnare the mind, to take you on a journey that no mere picture can take you on.

What happened people...really?

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Arbiter K Says:

The feeling is mutual. I've seen many writers (including myself) get knocked away by some porn doodle of some popular anime/manga. It pissed me off to no end when my shining day on front page (long ago) was knocked short to some doodle of nude-whatever!

Bah, I better shut up....I hate how writers are taking backseat here and other places.

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Spencer Says:

In depth comment to follow... after fapping.
brb.

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DrThallium Says:

Its great to see your writing again, Mara. :) I really enjoy reading it. I do commiserate with your situation in your writing, too. Things seem to be changing, and appreciation for things that were once held paramount in society seem to be shifting, and not in ways we like them to.

In all honesty, I am probably training to be an anacronism. I don't find lots of young people going to symphony concerts, so I wonder if we are coming to the end of the symphonic concert to make way for the rock concert.