06-09-2018, 06:41 AM
(06-07-2018, 01:39 AM)wapiti Wrote: The blindfold of lonelinessThere is a beautiful expression here, it just needs some mining. Please try and sit with it and see which words give when subjected to scrutiny, in the face of the theme.
Swept away on a June night // "swept away" seems to not work properly with "blindfold"
Our young and trusting eyes met
Love an unspoken whisper // "unspoken" doesn't really make sense to me. What does this mean for the vow and the shout?
Three springs turned yellow autumns // is yellow necessary here? There is no other allusion to colour, no contrast
Memories made as leaves fell,
Our lives and dreams became one
Whisper transformed to a shout
Passion, summer’s fruit we feast
Lives entwine like vines this night //this is quite a mouthful, and the language here and in the preceding line is in stark contrast to what follows, in terms of volume (?)
Our families become one
The shout now a sacred vow //struggling with the last lines of each stanza. They seem a little forced.
The Chronicles of Lethargia

