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From Gold To Gray
by Erica Ivory → (All Poetry by Erica Ivory)
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Hope stands as the pawn we move..

Life
the game we play..

Time changed the rules..

Fear
mocks the words we pray..

Lies
become a way of life..

Hate
fills the songs we sing..

Answers precede the questions..

Doubt
shadows the rewards they bring..

Trust fades
  as does passion..

And though the pain we cast shall stay..

The void deepens beneath us..

Yet we run faster every day..

The tapestry looms before us..

As the weave begins to fray..

Despair opens the clasps..

as we cast our souls away..

The heart speaks and hence we listen..

For love is the chance we long to take..

Reason fails to longing..

As our fragile pride begins to break..

We reach to grip the moment..

Fate plunders the cards we hold..

Silence makes for a companion..

As the embrace we shared turns cold..

What little faith we had..

Is now a whisper on the wind..

Clouds steal all the love we had away..

Soon the tears begin.

What we had we gave for nothing..

What we gained was taken a way.

Hearts hold to the pieces..

As dreams shift from gold to gray.

What we are no longer matters..

For we are whom we have made.

Wounds serve to teach a lesson..

Love can always hold a blade.

What holds a life together..?

When the core of empty love lingers on..?

What drives us to go forward..?

When all hope is gone..?

 

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 Reviews of "From Gold To Gray"
Reviewed by Richard Lydle (Reader)
Reviewed on June 5, 2006
A list of life's reality as you have felt them--Enjoyed the thoughts, makes one look to make the mistakes of yesterday better.

Reviewed by melbalyn baang (Reader)
Reviewed on December 23, 2004
what we have in us,its there alraedy but it was gone return to nothing.it is not the reason we give up all th trial we have.all problem we encounter have chance to solve and mistake to renew.

Reviewed by Anne Brooks
Reviewed on October 30, 2004
I really like your poem.Although I'm not pessistic,I think this poem sums up what reality is or could be...an essence of truth...love.Anne.

Reviewed by Thomas Lanechanger (Reader)
Reviewed on July 17, 2004
Excellent write Erica!!!… We can only find the answers from within ourselves!!!…

Reviewed by KJ McPhee
Reviewed on July 17, 2004
to be human is to be in a state of longing; your poem is a longshot that's hit the mark! joe

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Superb poem Erica! Questions of life to ponder!
You'll find the answers within your own spirit.

Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Great lines. Thanks.

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Faith from deep inside and our desire to live.

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Only Thing's Missing Is COMPASSION_

Great Write!

TRASK

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Living each day is a new deal of the cards. Your words say it so much better. Thanks again.

Susan

Reviewed by E. Richardson
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
good write, Erica...in my case, even in the darkest hours, the little flame of hope is never gone...sometimes it is just so damned hard to see. Well done!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on July 16, 2004
Well penned Erica!!

"What holds a life together..?


When the core of empty love lingers on..?


What drives us to go forward..?


When all hope is gone..?

Love Tinka


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