She Is The Very Definition Of Destruction
As all stand still in awe
She wanders the earth alone in her travels,
Examining every dusty desert, tiny cracks,
Glorious rainforest, cities of rich and poor,
Iced top mountains and all dirt bike tracks.
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The earth would tremble at her foot steps,
Nightmares rising up deep within her core,
Until the heavens are too terrified to sleep,
And her demons are stampeding in a roar.
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She listens to the skies raining with dreams,
As the full moon rises, she sighs with relief,
The echoes of memories from any direction,
As the winds howl through the trees in grief.
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Her arms wrap the lonely under her breast,
Shielding them from the poisons in the air,
As rivers rage their tempers on the sun set,
Mocking the Universe, torrid waters beware.
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The centre of the forest, all dressed in gold,
Awaiting the prophesied spread of the calm,
As it gallops across the desert’s sandy hills,
Hour by hour repulsing all danger and harm.
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At the end of the season she still stands tall,
Wide eyed, majestically poised, totally silent,
Each day held hostage as per her emotions,
Some quiet, some hectic, others very violent.
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She is part of all, the physical, the spiritual,
Ingrained into every human’s original cells,
A dark explosion of the forgotten screams,
Acceptance a must with no reason to rebel.
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All that see and feel her, stand still in awe,
Recognising all her beauty and destruction,
Resignation demanded in every set of eyes,
Destroying all who is seen as an obstruction.
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About the Creator
Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Comments (4)
Excellent! Very powerful poem. It stirs the emotions and inspires at the same time.
Beautiful!!! Loving the line " all dressed in gold." 👏💖💕
This is fabulous. Well done.
Whoaaa, this was absolutely magnificent and very empowering! It's like you wrote this poem from an erupting volcano. Absolutely fireeeeee! I loved it!