A rose heals much pain
As petals fall like tears
Crimson red flowing down
Spilled upon the ground
Dying
Dew refreshes like rain
On barren thirsty hills
While still dark and grey
During the cold crispness of the morn
Cleansing
Lighting burns the plain
Destroying dried fields
Worthless and dead
To nourish fertile ground
Removing
A severed linked chain
Upon bounded hands and feet
Enabling hands to move
Allowing feet to walk
Empowering
The wind blows over the terrain.
Echoing all it's heard
Whispering and shouting
Until it is understood
Spreading
Roses sprinkled with diamond dew offer new life.
Lighting is mighty power that breaks the binding chain.
The wind invigorates with it message of hope.
A rose is sacrificial love.
Dew is cleansing grace.
Lighting is renewing power.
A severed chain is freedom.
The wind is collective voices sharing.
Author notes
I have a very specific meaning in mind for the metaphors in this piece. I wonder what interpretations readers have.
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For the contest I commented on the three listed poems
Written September 5th, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- Express yourself! Freedom of choice! by NeverBeTheSame.
300 points, ended October 2, 2004, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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excellent~
Rose sprinkled with diamdond dew offers new life
Loved this line...but the entire poem is beautiful spiritual and uplifting...
Best of luck in the contest....
Love n hugs
Susan~~~
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo like the flow of your words and also like you know awe .... I like your poem too honest ... it was like a river ....
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I've read one of your poems. You have a gift for words. So why did you fill this comment with o's ?
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo this was outstanding in itz flow itz feel itz satisfaction ... brilliant -
Outstanding
What a poem,
Flow is good but when you get to the end.
and your final segment is outstanding if fact my favorite line is:
"A rose is sacrificial love.
Dew is cleansing grace.
Lighting is renewing power.
A severed chain is freedom.
The wind is collective voices sharing"
You haved saved the best wine for last
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You are not wrong. The very title is the Christian Theological term being defined and exponded in the poem.
Sanctification (Gk: hagiasmos) means literally "making holy".
It is God changing us by the operation of His blood, His Word and His Spirit. It is the power of Grace beginning with the forgiveness of grace. It relates to healing, or a changed heart. It also means overcoming sin. As God comes in and fills and rules our life, darkness, deception and evil desire are removed. The process of sanctification will change our motives, our thinking, our speaking, our behavior and our actions. The old nature will be crucified (Galatians 5:24) and what it produces will be stopped. A new person begins to emerge and new fruit (good deeds and better inward character) in produced.
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This is such an excellent poem, beautifully written- I liked it a lot, to me it had a religious element but I may be wrong. Fantastic poem, keep up the good work and good luck in the contest
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hm gonna have to think aboutb this one- not as straightforward as the other one- though some parts are. Beautifully written.
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