The Colour of Sin

16 Apr 2010

·Icefyre

The Colour Of Sin The wind swept through the stormy plain The snow and ice as white as sin The cold without The cold within To chill your soul and heart and mind. The sun glared down the dusty plain The rocks and sand as red as sin The heat within The heat without To dry your soul and heart and mind. The rain struck hard the wooded plain The leaves and boughs as green as sin The green without The green within To spite your soul and heart and mind. The mist hushed through the lonely plain The souls within as grey as sin The grey without The grey within To break your soul and heart and mind. The night fell down the stricken plain The world now stained as black as sin The black within The black without To kill your soul and heart and mind

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Icefyre

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it...

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