Sara Dickson Poems

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1.
Clockwork

Second, blink and then it's gone,
Gone away, moving on,
Ticked by the needle slick and black
Thin and slender, bulk it lack,
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2.
Death-Calm

The death-calm took ahold of me
Swift, without cacophony
A sweet proposition
Whispered in my ear, and
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3.
Mother Nature

I am the chorale of the wistful songbird
Carried by the sirocco wind
Echoed amidst the mirthful gale
Should her soft voice gently bend.
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4.
The Tiger

The tiger, garbed lavishly
In sunset oranges and murky blacks
Is the nomad of the cacophonous forest
And with a burning fire in his golden eyes
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5.
Ruin

Standing upon a dream carcass
I ponder
Who holds my identity
Since I am no longer me?
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6.
The Tempest

The tempest has a restless heart
And a turbulent soul
And never will her fury end
Until she has complete control.
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7.
A Battle Against Death

I leant against the gnarled trunk
Of the tree of the grave
Whose brittle branches are the avaricious hands of eternity
Whose grim eyes mesmerize my own, and
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8.
Creation

Creation is a peculiar thing
For it gives to every spirit life
Only to usurp it later on
Crushing it under death's cruel palm.
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9.
The Wolf

The wolf, the twisted, wretched creature of shadows,
Sat in the center of the underworld,
Waiting for the next dying soul to come within his reach,
Controls the balance of life and death so cruel,
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10.
The Descent

Descending rapidly down the slick tunnel,
The icy catacomb where souls lay at rest,
A pitch black chasm teeming with iniquity,
The rapacious fissure absent of warmth,
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