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the sun don't shine
anymore
there's only tears
by the score

sad
sad
showers
every day
sad
sad
showers
ever to
display

his leaving shattered
her heart
on the day he did
depart

a love
over and done
a love at end
where is the sun

no solace could
she find
the aching void
so unkind

her life became
gloomy of shade
grey clouds marring
love's parade

sad
sad
showers
every day
sad
sad
showers
ever to
display
A poem prompted by the word "sad" .
a goddess of love
a symbol of lasting adoration  
a woman throughout the centuries
who has attracted many a man's devotion

she of charm
and enticing allure
she of a superlative
nature

men have fallen to their knees
in exultant praise
worshipping the embodiment
of her feminine maze

and she invokes  
powerful feelings within
a man's core
Venus the allegory
of timeless armour
thunder rolled in from
the south east
it roved as a feral
untamed beast

creatures took to
haven's secure
this tempest was bringing
a wild demure

volley after volley of thunder
over the terrain
within a short while
there'd be a torrent of rain

drops falling from the laden clouds
onto the landscape
covering it in the soaking
endowment's drape  

the countryside infused
with a drenching drink
quelling the thirst
of its dry unfilled sink

soils bereft of dampness
for such a long time
joyous were the sounds
of the wetting's chime

the canon's blast heralded
in the afternoon sky
affording a downpour
as it passed by
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
Khoisan
You
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
Khoisan
You
In
triumphs and smiles
through
darkness and trials,

yesterday, today, forever

nothing is left behind,
  because ... darling,
wherever
  I am,

   you are always on my mind.
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
BTW
A Piece of Me
11 August 2021

You have the biggest chunk,
I've kept the trash and junk.
Best parts, my heart and soul,
Held for you, kept them whole.
Seems not all the worst is gone,
Tried so hard for very long.
I need your hand to keep me strong.
My heart and soul to you belong.
Every day I do my best, loving you.
Soon the worst will be at rest.
A piece of me failed the test.
(I forgive you)
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
Brett
Who will cherish me
When withering autumn leaves
Are stripped of their golden gallantry
By the biting winter winds

Writer and reader alike
Chasing currents of contradictions
Like our will to death, fighting for life
Am I here at all if I am not here to stay

Points of purpose, in shallow moments
Ripped by tides and dragged away
We mind the depths, so to never dig up our dead
A fading remember when

Time and tide, forever outpacing the lives of men
Unearthed and submerged
In the instant between
The angel opening his eyes, and the tired who resign to dream
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
Ashanti
Eyes
 Aug 2021 Dawn King
Ashanti
Words can’t explain what my eyes have seen
The pain it holds
The tears it cried
One look in my eyes and you wouldn’t notice the pain nor the truth it hides
My eyes hold my secrets
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