Brief Candle
“Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow”
Macbeth, William Shakespeare.
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| Death of Lady Macbeth Kerry O'Connor @skyloverpoetry |
Never was night so stripped
of its own illusions,
never the lambent stars
such needle points of ice,
as now in this fatal hour
past indecision.
This is no false step
I take upon the parapet
but perhaps I am a curiosity to you:
in my full and naked power,
nothing left to lose.
The horizon is at my feet.
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This poem is written using words from my Skylover Wordlist for December.
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| #skyloverwordlist |
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