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The battle lines are now drawn. This heart though chaste becomes tarnished from bad seeds once long ago sown. Help cries the man as he and he alone swings two inches above the desert sand….weeping now for prayers said too late. Weeping for what is now at hand.

Friday, February 16, 2007

The Chaste Man

Silver bullets of chaste hearts claim.

Pathways fraught of darkness stain.

Crystal rivers flow on days end unimpeded.

Gallows rise one by one symbolic of life cheated.

Endurance half mustered by the promise of a better day.

Obstacles of misery challenge structured steps along the way.

Spirits last clinging hope dances violently on hang man rope.

Life relinquished to gauderies way unable to grasp; to cope.

Masked man stands now on a platform bare.

Trap door loosed; crowds gather in morbid stare.

Murmurs shuttle from their lips to their blackened hearts.

Genteel is the soul from the chaste man as it departs.

J. Allen Wilson © TWO 2007

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Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader)

Reviewed on February 19, 2007

I will agree with everyone else, this is a powerful message.

Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on February 18, 2007

powerful message, Allen ... good rhyme and meter ...

Reviewed by Fannie Hudson

Reviewed on February 17, 2007

Well said my friend.

Reviewed by m j hollingshead

Reviewed on February 17, 2007

well done

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on February 16, 2007

Hey you gave away the secret of my last life ending...it wasn't the fall that was deadly, it was that crack of the rope when it ran out of slack...E & r

Reviewed by J M (Reader)

Reviewed on February 16, 2007

JAllen this is so Powerful well expressed message.

Peace,
Joselyn

Reviewed by Rhonda Galizia

Reviewed on February 16, 2007

Allen,

Potent write and noble depiction of The Chaste Man being more than a conqueror.....

Blessings, Rhonda

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)

Reviewed on February 16, 2007

Excellent write...Hugssssssssss

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on February 16, 2007

This poem expresses a great deal about living life "the right way." Thank you for sharing this offering. Love and peace to you,

Regis