LJ Idol, Wheel of Chaos 2: “If It's Any Consolation"
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roina_arwenAuthor's Note: This is a Cento (a collage poem), which is a poetic form composed entirely of lines from poems by other poets. I only use one line per author and have given them credit at the bottom, in the order that their line appears here. The only change I make is to add or delete a comma or period at the end of a line where needed, to help my poem flow in the manner that I need it to. Enjoy!
If It's Any Consolation...
I was not aware of the moment when
Forever ends. Never a moment holds
before a casket with a princess motif.
Having found the water behind a thousand mirages,
A stream went voiceless by, still deadened more
In your lifetime. A rush
to come and sit on a torn old abandoned chair
and sailing in the graying zenith of woe,
where the sleepless claim the stars talk.
He pushes on with right good will,
Patting goodbye, doubtless they told the lad
those final hours she couldn't speak,
but no one really expects us to solve anything
and here there is sleeping a buxom young girl
A spirit, though with human eyes,
your daughter's likeness must now remain.
For now, for guilty, for guiltless, no matter, the world offers neither
when she offered me as consolation.
(c) LJB 2025
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Stanza one credits: Rabindranath Tagore; Ishion Hutchinson; Kim Addonizio; Khaled Mattawa; John Keats; Katharine Coles; P. K.; Garrett Hongo; Chad Davidson.
Stanza two credits: Robert Louis Stevenson; Wilfred Owen; Michael Ryan; John Surowiecki; Johannes V. Jensen; George Parsons Lathrop; Richard Howard; Jeffrey Schultz; Hélder Faife.
If It's Any Consolation...
I was not aware of the moment when
Forever ends. Never a moment holds
before a casket with a princess motif.
Having found the water behind a thousand mirages,
A stream went voiceless by, still deadened more
In your lifetime. A rush
to come and sit on a torn old abandoned chair
and sailing in the graying zenith of woe,
where the sleepless claim the stars talk.
He pushes on with right good will,
Patting goodbye, doubtless they told the lad
those final hours she couldn't speak,
but no one really expects us to solve anything
and here there is sleeping a buxom young girl
A spirit, though with human eyes,
your daughter's likeness must now remain.
For now, for guilty, for guiltless, no matter, the world offers neither
when she offered me as consolation.
(c) LJB 2025
=-=-=-=-=-=
Stanza one credits: Rabindranath Tagore; Ishion Hutchinson; Kim Addonizio; Khaled Mattawa; John Keats; Katharine Coles; P. K.; Garrett Hongo; Chad Davidson.
Stanza two credits: Robert Louis Stevenson; Wilfred Owen; Michael Ryan; John Surowiecki; Johannes V. Jensen; George Parsons Lathrop; Richard Howard; Jeffrey Schultz; Hélder Faife.
Loki
Jun. 27th, 2025 08:44 amsorchawenchLoki's turning 16 in July. And, he's on a downhill slide. He has a mass in his stomach cavity that is either his pancreas, or a tumor, the vet couldn't really tell.
But what it means is that it's pressing on his stomach, and he doesn't want to eat. They've given us 5 days of appetite stimulant, to try and keep him going a little bit longer...but I'm having to face some hard facts.
My Service Dog (although retired for the past 2 years) is dying.
My bestest buddy, the goodest boi on earth is going to be leaving me soon.
He's been to every therapy session I've had for years, and last week, I may have taken him to his last one.
We're just taking the time we have, and loving on him the best we can.
But what it means is that it's pressing on his stomach, and he doesn't want to eat. They've given us 5 days of appetite stimulant, to try and keep him going a little bit longer...but I'm having to face some hard facts.
My Service Dog (although retired for the past 2 years) is dying.
My bestest buddy, the goodest boi on earth is going to be leaving me soon.
He's been to every therapy session I've had for years, and last week, I may have taken him to his last one.
We're just taking the time we have, and loving on him the best we can.
