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The Dress
by Victoria Medley (Age: 20)
copyright 02-23-2007


Age Rating: 1 to 127

 
A wedding dress crumpled on the floor,
the lace yellowing as the years pass...
deteriorating,
decomposing,
disappearing.
An army of moths squeal gleefully at the sight,
swarming and feeding on innocence and purity.
This war, like all wars, ends in...
destruction,
decimation,
dilapidation.
Now all that's left is yards of fabric,
holy blankets of silk, chiffon, tulle and lace
crying out in anguish for their lost form.
The dress is in there somewhere
amongst the mourning layers and layers,
but they're too weak to repair it,
the damage is too great...
so
there they remain on the dust covered floor
without structure or form,
clinging to the memory
of sweet perfume and happy tears,
of roses and candles and icing,
of kisses and sighs and laughter,
of soft skin and vowed words.

Their day has come and gone.


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08-17-2007 Richard Reed Jr    

Everyone's day comes and goes -HOW Pitifully SAD!

And yet another day does come, we just hope and pray that it comes soon.

Your poem is beautiful!

Such wonderful imagery words, phrase and metaphors, all in the right place.

Not over-done or under-done -Just right.

Thank you for this,

~Rich



04-11-2007 David Pekrul    

This paints a sad picture. I could picture this dress lying in a dusty attic, ignored and rotting. I like the poetic way that you used descriptive words all starting with the letter 'D'; that was a nice touch.
03-17-2007 Nancy Pawley    

Victoria,
pictures of great passion and romance done in by the ravages of war and time are vividly painted into the poetry of your words. A write that fills the reader's soul with 'what could have been.'
Nancy
01-30-2007 Victoria Medley    

Actually, I've never read Great Expectations, maybe I was just channeling Dickenson. *wink*
01-30-2007 Debra Rose    

Did this spring from The Charles Dickenson story Great Expectations?

This was a beautiful work...but the yellowing wedding dress covered in moths reminded me of that story so very much.

Great job
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