#The House At Marmoris (revised version)

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halcyon dragon
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Another revision, this time of "https://discord.com/channels/944439929734312006/1344261562789003304". For quite some time I was unsure if I liked that poem or not, and at last I have decided that I detest it. So I have decided to give it a proper revision, as in: another piece that bears little to no resemblance to its predecessor. And it turned out to be surprisingly lengthy. The revised poem is once again located in the comments.

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You've never lost sight of this desolate shore,
When your refuge was cast to the seas.
Oh Marmoris, tell me, what terror it bore,
That rendered you naked and fractured and sore,
And left you a dove in the breeze?
Like a gem that was ground by the seas...
The days, had been opal, the zephyrs serene,
And sapphire was the horizon.
The waters were topaz and aquamarine,
And agate and azure the heavens had been,
But Marmoris, you had it long since foreseen,
That somewhere, a tempest was rising.

Now you're merely a phantom, a wraith of the tide,
A chrysalid lost to the depths;
While the gales are howling and growling above,
That have shunned you away from the heavens above,
Where, for now, you will just have to hide,
Till the dreadening downpour has died.
Though you know, at the core of your lone little mind,
That the horrible tempest won't cease or decline.
But the squalls made you frightened and blind,
And the light still shines sombrely, here in the depths,
Where the currents protect you, my love.
So just sit here and wait, my love.

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Your house, overtaken by coral and clam,
Is fashioned from driftwood and shells,
And anemones - celadon, ochre and maize -
Have claimed the veranda and sealed off the panes,
While the gable, a crumbling dam,
Has been blighted again and again,
And lies, buried by scallops and calico shells,
Out of sight in a forest of seaweed and kelp,
In the depths, where the waters are sleeping,
And where no one will come to your help;
While the mildew is thriving inside,
And the salt-blemished ceiling is weeping,
In the house where you long since reside...
In the place where you've chosen to hide.

Oh, Marmoris, are you afraid of the past?
Or just of the things yet to come?
The fate that your refuge will fall to at last,
When someday, these waters, so mighty and vast,
Will sweep the foundations away?
When erosion will melt off the lumber like wax
And the creaking old planks will give way,
When water will stream through the broadening cracks,
And the tempest will claim you at last?
Do you not dread that frightening day?
Do you not fear the dawn of that day?

Though your house may be crumbling, my fledgling daughter,
The surface is distant - and dark is the water.
So just wait here and sway in your rocking old chair,
And stare at the creaking door.
For a moment you wonder... perhaps you could dare-
To step over the threshold and leave?
While your heart still beats,
While your lungs still breathe,
And before the expanse will protect you no more?
Would you readily drown, just to get to the shore?
For a moment, your eyes fill with sorrow,
But as swiftly, it passes away.
You'll have gathered the strength by tomorrow.
And once more, the old chair starts to sway.
You'll have gathered the strength by tomorrow...
Like you've told yourself yesterday.

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halcyon dragon
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I'm taking a break from writing for the next few weeks, I gotta concentrate on school matters.

vivid rover
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Let us commence in reading

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😳

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I read it out loud and it felt like a metronome

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It just flows so weirdly and perfectly and the vocab I don't know aren't just places there they are there with purpose and uphold all the meter and rhymes in place

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This is really good pixbo one of my favorites

halcyon dragon
vivid rover
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Wiat

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How is zeantiers name aniamted gradient

halcyon dragon
vivid rover
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its animated for me whenever i hold my mouse over it

light matrixBOT
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*its animated

for me whenever i hold

my mouse over it*

- emperorlandon
vivid rover
halcyon dragon
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Woahhh

vivid rover
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They are even more special now

halcyon dragon
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Zean is the goat ngl

vivid rover
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My favorite mod is dave hehe

vivid rover
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🚨🚨🚨

👨Yes officer he is right here, @halcyon dragon

👮"Alleged 'poetry that is too good' I heard"

👨Alleged?! The proof is all right here!

👮"Hmmm…yes I suppose it is"

👨And his punishment?

👮"Court summons will let you know"

Judge

🧑‍⚖️ "Mister Pix-bo? It says here your poems are too good for the public, and therefore you should be imprisoned as to not harm the human eyes"

ABSOLOTLPixbo: I plead innocent!

👨Your honor! Read this here: https://discord.com/channels/944439929734312006/1385279231080009820

🧑‍⚖️ "Pix-bo…you really tried to deny this of its incredibleness? 10 years federal prison."

ABSOLOTLPixbo: They arent that good I swearrrrrrrr

In conclusion, pixbo is too good for the public and therefore should be jailed.

halcyon dragon
vivid rover
halcyon dragon
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Brother

vivid rover
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Yes

halcyon dragon
vivid rover
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lol

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halcyon dragon
thorny totem
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MARMORIS MENTIONED

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