The gilded cages of Byzantium

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Note: This is a poem that has taken me almost a year to write. It was born almost a year ago, on the last day of my trip to Israel, on the day before the ceasefire, and I finished it last night (or more properly this morning, at about two thirty). It was the last day of a four week tour with lots of running around and not really so much sleep, and

Comments

[pleezpleezme]

I think it's the child in me that loves the mythical elements of this poem. it's a wonderful idea and very well executed.
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[wanderlight]

When the day seems particularly dreary, and people want to fit me into a neat little box, this poem is what I will whip out & read to put the magic back into life. ♥.