Oh, What Love and Fear (classic, quote, artist, song)

A_Perfect_Sonnet · 08-06-2006, 12:44 AM

Ben Stivers
8/5/06

Oh, What Love and Fear Gave Me Sight of This Beach?

Perhaps my sense has been dulled by four colorless walls
A ghost I remain, collapsed in lungs.
And laying the mortar, I see my father courting a mistress
To bloom a new daughter, a forgotten mother
In a room filled with haunted history.
Skies to the birds and fly on the drifts to skirt with the love,
The only world you've ever been.

Every artist depends on the past,
With shackled fingers I smudge out her dress.
Better to leave hands on the cloth,
Then a line to pave escape.

And you see water.
You're oceanside.

How I longed to dry inside,
Some purchase to all you've confided in me.
I saw your hand reaching through the window,
Chasing the shadow of a good thing,
But I stumbled as my mind drew a picture of us,
Still holding eachother on the beach.

Oceanside.

sleepy jack · 08-06-2006, 11:56 AM

Ahh I love it quite a bit.

either/or · 08-08-2006, 07:04 AM

oh man thats really good, i especially like the bit at the start about courting the mistress, with a forgotten mother. classic.

~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ · 08-15-2006, 09:53 PM

Isn't 'every artist depends on the past' a line directly from a CTTS song?
Other than that, I think this was very beautiful.

sleepy jack · 08-15-2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabid Sea Turtles

Isn't 'every artist depends on the past' a line directly from a CTTS song?
Other than that, I think this was very beautiful.

Its harvest not artist.

~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ · 08-16-2006, 10:41 AM

Ah, still very similar.

either/or · 08-17-2006, 02:31 AM

yeah but when it doesnt copy its a homage and everyone loves them.

08-06-2006, 12:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
A_Perfect_Sonnet Dinosaurus Rex!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 896	Oh, What Love and Fear Ben Stivers 8/5/06 Oh, What Love and Fear Gave Me Sight of This Beach? Perhaps my sense has been dulled by four colorless walls A ghost I remain, collapsed in lungs. And laying the mortar, I see my father courting a mistress To bloom a new daughter, a forgotten mother In a room filled with haunted history. Skies to the birds and fly on the drifts to skirt with the love, The only world you've ever been. Every artist depends on the past, With shackled fingers I smudge out her dress. Better to leave hands on the cloth, Then a line to pave escape. And you see water. You're oceanside. How I longed to dry inside, Some purchase to all you've confided in me. I saw your hand reaching through the window, Chasing the shadow of a good thing, But I stumbled as my mind drew a picture of us, Still holding eachother on the beach. Oceanside.

08-08-2006, 07:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	oh man thats really good, i especially like the bit at the start about courting the mistress, with a forgotten mother. classic. __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

08-17-2006, 02:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	yeah but when it doesnt copy its a homage and everyone loves them. __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

08-15-2006, 09:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the sea... Posts: 252	Isn't 'every artist depends on the past' a line directly from a CTTS song? Other than that, I think this was very beautiful.

08-16-2006, 10:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~Rabid Sea Turtles~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the sea... Posts: 252	Ah, still very similar.