A chilling silence. A world of violets. My breath materialized again.
Immaculate. Inanimate. A comfort cutting time I see... a string of white
lights. Forever walking through December. Forever longing for a sign of
life, a bringer of light. Forever wandering together through a world of
violets. Ice everlasting. A full moon casting a purple veil enshrouding all. I
perambulate, somnambulant. A solace piercing time I see... a string of
white lights. If only one for night, if only for one night, if only for one
night remember. If only for one night, if only for one night, if only for
one night together.


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    My first impression was Shakespeare's play -- winter, separated lovers, death: King Leontes goes crazy ("a full moon") and thinks his wife Hermione (who could be described as "immaculate" and pure) has cheated on him and thus gotten pregnant. So he orders her death, the death of their newborn daughter, and while this is going on, their son dies also. Now utterly alone ("a chilling silence"), he visits his wife's 'grave' (she faked her death) everyday and places flowers there lamenting how stupid he was before. His only comfort is a statue of her (which really is her just pretending to be an inanimate statue) and for 16 years he remains faithful to his lost family, all the time wishing Hermione would return if only for one night.

    green_sageon July 23, 2007   Link

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