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   ((  20/01/02                   by X-tabai                   anada502  ))
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 Sunset

 incandescent cartwheel of time
 tumbles down the tie-dyed sky,
 collapses in a giggle of grass
 like a bright breathless child

 sprawled beneath the horizon
 it stares up, and up, sees
 thousands of tiny reflections
 years beyond an arm’s reach

 wordless eyes blink, impatience
 returns and softly-- pushes--
 the mad spinning begins again,
 stars stretching their thin white
 arms to each untouchable other.


 when a goddess dies

 there is no raw tearing of time or space –
 no primal power pulls apart a star -
 the earth still rotates, revolves -
 the atmosphere retains its place.
 
 grasses grow and blow
 in the blurred breeze -
 the seas do not cease straining
 against their solid bonds.

 no shadow steals the sun from sight -
 no great veil is ripped or rent -
 no worshippers wail
 or gnash their teeth.

 only in dreams, quiet corners
 beyond the horned and ivory gates,
 is there a shadow of mourning –
 fleeting flames flicker in empty temples.

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