Poem 017

Within an attic chest of oak,

There rests a letter no one spoke,

Its paper yellowed, folded tight,

Its ink grown faint beneath the night,

Its meaning hidden by the smoke.


The house has changed through passing years,

Its halls have swallowed countless tears,

Yet still the little chest remains,

Untouched beneath the windowpanes,

While dust conceals what no one hears.


Perhaps a curious hand will turn

The rusted lock and let it burn,

Releasing words that once were dear,

A voice preserved from another year,

Or leave the sleeping past to yearn.


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A girl chased a lantern that floated ahead,

Through forests of whispers where moonlight was spread,

She thought if she caught it, she'd finally know,

The place she was meant to arrive at and go,

So onward she followed wherever it led.


But dawn came too quickly and dimmed its bright flame,

The lantern grew distant and altered its name,

She stood in the clearing with nothing to chase,

Then saw golden sunlight spill over the place,

And realized she had arrived just the same.


The journey had given her more than the light,

It taught her to walk through the depths of the night,

She no longer needed one beacon to guide,

For she carried a spark that was burning inside,

And followed its glow toward the morning's wide sight.


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A frozen window catches threads of white,

Drawn by an unseen hand throughout the night,

Each branch appears, then slowly disappears,

A fleeting kingdom made of frozen tears,

Too delicate to last for many years.


No seed was buried underneath the floor,

No careful gardener opened up a door,

Yet beauty found a place to take its form,

And held its ground against the winter storm,

As though the cold itself could keep it warm.


Perhaps the things we hide are made this way,

They need the quiet shelter of the gray,

They gather strength beyond the public eye,

And only bloom when noise has passed us by,

Then fade before the world can ask us why.


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