Bereft

BEREFT


THE FATIGUE OF ETERNAL WAIT
OVERRIDES THE BENT FOR LOVE;
AND I THE BRIDE OF THE AGE’S FERRYMAN, STAND TODAY BEREFT.
I HAVE SWALLOWED THE THIRST,
AND MY VOICE IS CRACKED, CANNOT ENSTART
ANY LOVE-LORN SOUL’S SUMMONING MELODY.


THE ERROSION OF KNOWLEDGE FROM
THE WORLD AT LARGE-THE BROKEN FRAGMENTS OF
NALANDA-TAXILA, HAS CORRODED MY ZEST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
AND TODAY I CANNOT RELATE TO THE CHANTS AND CHITTAM’S
OF HOLY LIFE! I STAND REASONLESS –BEREFT!

THE FEAR OF OBLIVION-BOTH OF PERSON AND EMOTION,
HAD FORCED ME TO TAKE TO VERSES.
BUT TRANSIENT PAGES AND MORAL OF UNTAMPERED AGES,
TAUGHT A DIFFERRNT LESSON OF MUTABILITY OF ALL THAT GOES BY.
THEY SAY, SOUND AND SCRIPT WILL MELT AWAY,
LEAVING A SENSATION STILL AWAKE.
BUT PRAGMATIC OUTLOOK DOESNOT SEE THE POWER TO LIVE
THROUGH TIME IN SENSES!
SO FEAR CLASHED CREATIVITY ---LEAVING ME, …BEREFT!!!

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Yrael
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The full caps really demolish any rhythm that you could possibly have. Without it, I think it would be much better. I'd give it a shot.

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Ieatworms
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Back away from the thesaurus.

Really, when a writer gets heavy-handed with mulitsyllabic words, it breaks the rhythm, looks over-wrought, and is uninviting.

If you are aiming for a more intellectual audience, tighten up your grammar.

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Duskglimmer
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The caps work on the title. They don't work otherwise, it makes everything look the same and hard to read.

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Snoink
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Oh, come on Bobo! His voice is cracked. Didn't it ever occur to you that there was a logical reason for that?

Lay off the caps and italics, man. Not cool.

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NovaRose
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*covers ears* You don't need to shout. Unless this is supposed to be, like, hard rock or something.

I didn't really get the point of this, but it sounded cool.



Sometimes I'm terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.
— Poe