for love and faith sorrow glides
on a mourning flame of guilt
within the reach of echoes past
a mirror of shame is built
restless in that ornery shade
of beauty tricks of mist
beer tops fly to bring about
the savage strength to exist
someplace in this universe
a warrior tramp explains
that each and every one of us
has the obligation to complain
with voices loud enough to break
that neon haze of novel hate
chapters written so long ago
but, still it seems too late
to stumble into the gutter
of a manic dream that hides
behind the blue lit mountains
with temporal rising tides
but after wails of acid pools
where a lonely child cries
into the mercury of morality
that chants its ugly lies
with vows of faith a book that ends
with a world torn apart
but read the pages where words
of love are written for the heart
here four angels stand ready looking
past the four corners of the earth
upon pure white horses where
despair is braver than what it's worth
a violent storm of vibrant sorrow
shot through by fates long bow
quenched by torrential rains
brought forth by a lost and broken rainbow
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- Comment from author about the poem: Painting and poem A tempest of words in a purple haze
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Some great use of the language - love: Broken Rainbow for example = super write Bill and great painting.
Thanks Michael another artist comments are always appreciated
I love the cadence and the rhyme scheme of this poem. Very descriptive. A wonderful write!
I agree my content wasn't real strong , but was going for a descriptive rhyming rhythm which I thought was fun ,thanks
I am stroke by the paint. The deep mystery and powerful color, the lightening crack the sky, hit my heart.
"despair is braver than what it's worth
a violent storm of vibrant sorrow
shot through by fates long bow "
So powerful writing.
Thanks M&M I thought the mystery of the poem fit the painting
Yes. it did.
What language! Great choice of words, full of imagination. I love it!
Hi Fred , thanks I had fun with the words here and I'm glad you took the time to read I will reciprocate....
Great writing. Very descriptive and fluid. Again a beautiful painting.
Thanks Malu very much
This is a wonderful wrote and like Michael the idea of a broken rainbow is quite meaningful to me.
The painting is glorious.
Thanks ...I think a broken rainbow signifies something tragic so I hope it isn't meaningful in a bad way
Not in a bad way but in Christianity the rainbow is a symbol of God's Covenant with us.
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Thanks for reading JaneEVE
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