After

After

A Poem by DeleVan Sonta-an DellErba
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After

By DeleVan

 

After the ships came and the waters had settled to stillness,

After the sun shattered into a thousand yellow blades of fever,

And the earth lay torn,

Half in acrid drought, half in sopping deluge,

The people knelt bloodied by fog,

And a hush was all that could be heard.

A little child, quiescent and timid, pushed through leaves.

The light staggered her, grasped her by the bone-

She stood still as stone and astutely listened,

Nothing could be heard . . .

The resounding silence her cue to believe,

 After all,

She would live.

© 2012 DeleVan Sonta-an DellErba


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An overwhelming introduction, or so it seems... It felt like a stirring preface to a story of a life salvaged from the wreckage... the ponderings of moving on. So much is said in these brief lines. Amazing.. truly.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Maybe this is how it was in the new world when the first ships arrived from the old world. Little moments of history. Your poem also puts min in mind of LORD OF THE FLIES. If yu change tht word 'people' to 'tribe' it fits.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

DeleVan Sonta-an DellErba

12 Years Ago

Thank you for this review :) ....it was indeed written with a new world coming in mind...

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DeleVan Sonta-an DellErba
DeleVan Sonta-an DellErba

Tucson, AZ



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I love anything creative---art, poetry, music, dancing, working with the earth, staring at the stars, loving with arms wide open, looking into eyes deeply, caring for others, birth, rebirth, transform.. more..

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