Version A:
Unswept and unforeclosed, I dwell on every thought:
A needle on a rose, forgotten it must not
Be ignored and it will cause pain, petals falling rain,
The lashes torturous fire, whips of tribulating power.
Enveloping cruel love rusts, as innocence is washed away,
Repulsing crimson combusts while pooled loves enthrall strays.
Though the sting within us kills, we show no one the mark
As expectation rings, promise was disembarked.
Though painful sorrow kills, in smoldering loves presence,
A rose bearing thorns without ignorance is an everlasting essence.
Version B:
Un-swept and un-foreclosed, I dwell on every thought:
A needle on a rose forgotten, must not be ignored,
Or its fangs will cause pain, whose beauty downpours
Lashes on the back, reminding us of the Whip that tortured,
As every petal on the flower falls, around our knees its red appalls.
Enveloping cruel love, its witless innocence has no remorse,
And expectation doth reign, although in promises we see no gain.
Where has love gone! We show no one the mark where it stings
From within us kills and rings: with sorrow in its presence.
A rose bearing thorns without ignorance, is an everlasting essence.














Comments
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You are welcome [link] in my
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dAdA... much ado about nothing
Today it seems to me more musical, more rythmic... I like it...
But 2-d is another space in some sense. May be it is not well to compare them so strictly?
IMHO,
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You are welcome [link] in my
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dAdA... much ado about nothing
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"In the game of chess you can never let your opponent see your pieces." ~Zapp Brannigan
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You are welcome [link] in my
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dAdA... much ado about nothing
"promise was disembarked" does not work for me, though.
I'm basically positive that version B was written later, because it just has that feeling to it. Having re-written many things more times than I care to admit to, that's what I think. I really like the flow to version B because it's more lyrical, less rhythmical. Though varying meter with expression can be a good tool, I think this particular poem is better without a restrictive pace to contrast the level of description. What I'm trying to say is that B is the better of the two in my humble opinion, but version A has some stuff that's like, pure gold, as well.
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"In the game of chess you can never let your opponent see your pieces." ~Zapp Brannigan
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dAdA... much ado about nothing
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