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    Author: * Chikkintikka Xerxes - 1 Post on this thread out of 48 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Jun 26, 2004 - 03:45

    1) You are your favourite poet - inspiration = John Donne

    The Jealous Sunne,

    Thou jealous sunne, impatient fool,
    Wherefore such haste,
    That thou, throughout the underworld has raced
    Thinkst thou that through thy warmth our passions cool ?
    Such jealous tricks, for she is bright
    Her lustrous eyes outshine thy beams,
    Thus hasten thou our parting with the light
    And put to flight all but our waking dreams.
    Thou jealous fool for e'en thy knavish flight
    Availeth naught to halt the fall of Night.

    2) Original Composition

    Many's the time I've dreamed
    Of little but the beauty of your face
    The sweet incongruity of your smile
    Takes me to a place of light and magic.
    Its tragic really,
    How such small delights can vanish
    With the coming of the day.
    Ghosts and shades.
    Each night I dream,
    And as I dream
    I find the memory fades a little more.
    Seconds grow to hours, and minutes weeks,
    Before, Death stole you suddenly,
    But worse, much worse than that,
    Time, like a subtle thief
    Smuggles your memory slowly away.
    Dreams which will fade
    Are all I have today.


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