Youth.

by JCK

Published November 16, 2011

In The Archicogium Collection

A new morning's whisper stirs the broken,
they've all a chance to wonder.
But as the broken break further,
a dream is not a wish but a fantasy.
Those valiant rays whose eyes do settle
on one not so denatured with time.
Reveal the secrets without which,
we'd all be blind in ignorance.
The little being does wonder at a
plane full of so many of the broken.
And begs them to remember,
before it forgets.




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wewinwelose wrote a review Review · Nov 23, 2011

This was really cute and I loved the sing song nature of it :) There was only one line that bugged me:

A new morning's whisper stirs the broken,
they've all a chance to wonder.
But as the broken break further, This one right here didn't quite fit with the rhythm. I think it also has to do with the "broken break" thing.....It just feel off to me.
a dream is not a wish but a fantasy.
Those valiant rays whose eyes do settle
on one not so denatured with time.
Reveal the secrets without which,
we'd all be blind in ignorance.
The little being does wonder at a
plane full of so many of the broken.
And begs them to remember,
before it forgets.

Other than that this is perfect, and I'm not sure how to fix that one line :\. Really good job here :).

creativityrules wrote a review Review · Nov 16, 2011

This is incredible.

This isn't going to be a constructive review because there's nothing I'd change about this piece. It's got a feeling about it that almost put me in a trance as I read it. Very few poems do that to me. I'm stunned.

A new morning's whisper stirs the broken,
they've all a chance to wonder.
But as the broken break further,
a dream is not a wish but a fantasy.
Those valiant rays whose eyes do settle
on one not so denatured with time.
Reveal the secrets without which,
we'd all be blind in ignorance.
The little being does wonder at a
plane full of so many of the broken.
And begs them to remember,
before it forgets.


The first two lines, quite frankly, are ingenius. I can almost imagine them being the beginning of a song. Going into the third and fourth lines, you didn't disappoint. In fact, the third and fourth lines are my favorite of the entire piece.

Awesome, awesome work. Always keep writing!!!

-Rose



Poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just don't get - and never would get.
— Benjamin Alire Saenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe