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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Legend (58 of 365)

Welcome to day 58 of the 365 day poem challenge.

Word of the day aeolist meaning: "
(rare) A pompous person, pretending to have inspiration or spiritual insight."

Legend 

There is a figure about whom
Great tales are told
I could not tell you whether 
It be woman or man
But I see their guise in my mind
It's so clear now
The gloaming light casts their silhouette like eternal bronze

They are a wanderer 
They have been a vagabond
And most assuredly have lived in
The ways that you and I have

There is penance and 
Passion and mountains both physical and mental endured
They are etched upon their forehead

They have lost the 
Simpleness of youth
Their countenance is gnarled complexity 

They say that there will be never be another of their like
They say a great many things
The aeolist proclaims: "none shall be as those who have gone before"

But all that has gone before is 
Doomed to an eternal circle

Hero is a long ago and troubled word
Some might say they are few 
They are no longer real
Or others say they are become shadowy hazy apparitions 
They are rather miscast and robed in unfamiliar and vague garments 

They are enthroned
They are enshrined 
They are entombed 
They are enabled
They are defined
They are limited
They are bound
They are legend.

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