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Conscience #4

Speak to me of conscience my Darling.
Tell me,
how does the grass grow in the fields
of our Lord, why is there desert with
no oasis for the weary vagabond?
And the budding
leaf, does it sorrow for its fallen
brothers and sisters?

From where comes the comet to frighten
a sleeping child?  Does the cardinal bring
a song of redemption to the silence?

My craft does not founder,
the wind does not blow,
the forbidden fruit is a serpent's dream
and I alone choose
the colours of the night.









— Kailashana, Dec 08, 2009

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Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Dearest Mum

You just floored me ... and you know why naughtylol love you for it love and biggest hugs Jayne
BG

Bullion Grey

16 years 6 months ago

very interestingly deep

"I alone choose the colors of the night" Wow! This is a work, with a little guidance can be published in a poetry mag or something. Please, try and get your work out there. It has the flavor of authenticity and ground of insight not common to the common. If you like I can help you in an effort to get your work out there. I don't think of poetry as a means to fame or fortune, but a gentle partaking of the Greatest Conversation of all humanity. It is Soul Talk, and as it visits you Kailushana it calls you forth to present your inner life to the outer world. I mean thats what art is right? The ability to see inside and share that vision with the outer world. Please let me know if you have already have your work in print, or would like to answer the call. Much adoration and respect, warmly, Bullion Grey imaginateur www.bulliongrey.com PS: I am working on a project, (actually many), that will be a Magazine or E-Zine that has only words to the world. Its working title is: Zine 2 The World Let me know if you have anything you would like the world to know, hear or understand. No cost to you, ever. So don't worry about that. Just check inside an see if it rings within. Also, post your work on www.scribd.com as well. It is free and the worlds largest publisher - with 50 million readers a month. It has been a real nice addition to my speck of a publisher efforts. To look at what I am doing search: "Bullion Grey" at the site, with quotation marks as shown. into the Silence, BG