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Two Little Doves by joma99, literature
Literature
Two Little Doves
Little doves of peace and truth,
Why do you dwell near me?
Do you wish to hear me
Cry out in a fashion most uncouth?
I avert my gaze purposefully, managing my helm,
so that your purity may never breach
a belief that justice lives in a distant realm.
Although you stay with me,
I can’t help but see others skirt away.
Although you bear with me,
I can’t help but wonder why.
Although you’re there for me,
White wings run red and I will never fly.
Truth and Peace are not dead,
They never lived,
If they are sitting where I tread.
Just two little doves I see.
That is all you
were,
have been,
and will ever be.
Angel of Death, there you lie.
A crimson blossom there I spy.
The bright moon pierces though the clouds,
death upon all creature, she has vowed.
Cast from the heavens,
forsaken by god.
It it time to begin this finale facade.
Bleed no more,
The moon said,
I will keep watch tonight
And my light, shining
Shall absorb the red off your wings.
Fear not, dear creature,
She said,
I will keep you company tonight
And my soul, fluttering
Shall dance to the silence of your night.
His light touched down.
She looked up.
The more she stared,
The more darkness left her,
Like feathers falling into the night.
And so she stared more,
At the moon and his rays of light,
And his solace.
her fragile white wings of silky linen
lost their beautiful fluttering flight
her brittle heart yet filled with pain
beeds with every fallen and torn feather
so patiently at the clift's edge she waits
till she's able to once more gracefully soar