Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Still Joseph Dreamed His Dreams


The faded colors, torn

Stained and bled

With patterns of red

By the blood they bore.


Cold crept in around him

And he reached for his coat...

His coat... below the rim,

The sun... then he awoke.


It was still dark... still dark

He could see shadows though,

At least, alternating:

Darker, dark, darker, dark...

The bars and blackness flowed

And he was alone, waiting.


And the torn colors bled

Through the blood stain'd screams

Of the belov'd boy's dreams

The faded pattern, red.


But what of his dreams?

He tried to recall:

He tried... Stars? Sheaves?

Where? How? Did he fall?


Thick darkness gather'd 'round

But, he fled... got him out...

Another coat ripped away

And bound, again... again, bound.

Wherefore, didst thou doubt?

What did their mother's say?


And the colors ran red

While the pattern faded

And the thorns were plaited

Dreams... torn, stained, bled.


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Something I was thinking about... hope its not too incoherent.

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