Post by AquarianM on Apr 13, 2011 at 11:32pm
The Dredgeman...
Out in the unmapped reaches,
Old places where no one longer goes,
Or knows,
Somewhere with forgotten secrets,
Sad things once whispered,
Now silent cold,
Something like a hard coffee-stained table,
Washed out to sea afloat,
Salt water does the fading,
Not sure if there's a shadow of a circle,
A dim idea you can barely hold,
Desperately-gathered driftwood,
Sitting in a quiet left-handed corner of Heaven,
Once-dreamed of,
A weak anchor for lost souls,
Sun setting slow,
In skies of magenta,
Gold,
Velvet rose,
Treasure map you can't any longer read,
Or hold,
On the wind,
I'm told.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 04/08/2011
Inspired by a minor character in Karen Russell's book, Swamplandia: www.amazon.com/Swamplandia-Karen-Russell/dp/0307263991
Out in the unmapped reaches,
Old places where no one longer goes,
Or knows,
Somewhere with forgotten secrets,
Sad things once whispered,
Now silent cold,
Something like a hard coffee-stained table,
Washed out to sea afloat,
Salt water does the fading,
Not sure if there's a shadow of a circle,
A dim idea you can barely hold,
Desperately-gathered driftwood,
Sitting in a quiet left-handed corner of Heaven,
Once-dreamed of,
A weak anchor for lost souls,
Sun setting slow,
In skies of magenta,
Gold,
Velvet rose,
Treasure map you can't any longer read,
Or hold,
On the wind,
I'm told.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 04/08/2011
Inspired by a minor character in Karen Russell's book, Swamplandia: www.amazon.com/Swamplandia-Karen-Russell/dp/0307263991