sometimes we make our own caverns.


Caverns

Caverns dank and dark and deep
hold the bones of those who sleep
long ago in days of old
digging for their precious gold.

No heart, no soul, no wanderlust
all their dreams mixed in gold dust
Sweat-rank and pouring down
desperate faces formed in frowns.

Cold and wet with dripping spears
growing thick from all the years
left alone in dripping drops
splashing circles on cratered rocks. 

No light enters nor retreats
Bats alone now hang to sleep
Crawling creatures live and die
sunlight hidden from their eyes.

Woe to those who enter there;
nothing's left but the empty stare
of miners searching for their fame
now buried deep without a name.

 

 

 





Poetry by Kathy Lockhart
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Written on 2009-11-30 at 03:35

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Damon
Kathy,
I just now read this again and the other comments, and now I wonder did I misinterpret the poem? Is it about the dark recesses in our own hearts that we keep our secrets hidden in rather than real caves and caverns?
Damon
2009-12-19


Zoya Zaidi
Yeah Kathy,
Greed knows no bounds, we do some times dig our own caverns...
Love,
Zoya
2009-12-12


Damon
Five stars for sure Kathy. I love caverns. Blanchard Springs Caverns near Mountain View, Arkansas are some beautiful ones to go through. It now has three levels. The first one a wheel chair can go through. I don't think it can on the other two levels it has been several years since I have been there.

Kentucky, I know has some caves--what about Indiana? Great work my friend!
Damon
2009-12-11



You found a name 'caverns' buried deep, maybe you know the depth of ones heart called 'caverns'? Who know what people know or what they have been through to see treasures in darkness.
2009-12-01


shells
Didn't have you down as a gold digger! Seriously though, this was awesome, just the right measure of emptiness, great rhyme scheme too. Eerie and lonesome.
2009-11-30


Phyllis J. Rhodes
Masterful visuals and use of language. An a+ 4 star piece that gets applauded and bookmarked!
2009-11-30