It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. – Winston Churchill
I vow to thee, so is this day my fingers touch, dark clouds arrayed. The child’s red nose down near the Thames, I can hear it sniffle within my brain. The crowds all about in mourning love, they sway and they move, with the cantor’s thrust. Hymn oh hymn, delay, delay, I cannot leave this earth this way. The dark dress of the throngs I view. So many, so many, they pass my view. The spirit it moves in light so faire, beyond all England, without my care. So close these steeples, that I can touch, their steel damp smoothness, so cold it cuts. A kingdom comes, it falls so fast, now what is value, when breath is past. Intern it all, embalmed old crust, a shell for the living, in G_D they trust. But what of sweet Clementine standing there, in dark black linen, her eyes without care. Nothing matters, to be so plain, in death no vanity, no new worlds to claim. Without no battles, or worlds to claim, what is this death, what’s left to obtain.
The bells toll for something they cannot reach. Big Ben rings hallows from out of the streets, for just beyond that forthright, shadowed stack. Something in this shaded place is staring back, swaying in the tones that strike this day, comes a tall hat, swinging arms displayed. Oh, soul be ready stand firm, intact, be hard and willing to fight this back. This cold gray dawn beyond the grave sends errant adventure, that carries unto me his blade. The background roars with cannon fire, count ninety, nigh each year so far, but that is earth now pale below, up here in rapture comes such a ghoul. Be still my soul, oh G_D be still my soul.
Hark now the day mere men can’t touch, the knight of England, has hailed his last, while Hurrsars carry metals below, do bend the heavens for battle to show.
Does stride the man of Mahdist fame, who faced the Dervish, and wrote their fame, but something darker in death now be lames, calls for his rod now, his favorite cane. Give death its purpose beyond the grave, to face the ripper in heavens game. The shadow cometh, so loosed and bare, his white teeth flashing, his scalpel bare.
I vow to thee, I hear it play, my casket sails upon the Thames, below a funeral, above a war. Hear hark oh angels, my fate restored, to hand the evil, that blocks my way onward to heaven, his final fame. Let now his death be lost in flames.
I vow to thee, so is this day my fingers touch, dark clouds arrayed.
I wanted to write an October piece in the vein of “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter”. It seems to me the purpose after death should not be to have no purpose, rather, a continuation of our destiny, do to what we do best. I am sure Winston Churchill, went on to destiny with further battles to overcome than those that were in his mind. It was surely his destiny to hold more ground. – 10.13.2017 – דָּנִיֵּאל
Very unusual, and brilliantly written. I’m a fan!
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Thank you Taria, happy to have you on board, thank you for your kind comment! 🙂
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Your welcome Daniel, I love your prose, it’s different! 🙂
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You captured the mood just right, I can’t decide if your a cross between Steven King and Edgar Allen Poe, or just plowing a new frontier! 🙂
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Hi Jerri, I’m probably neither really, but I do appreciate and am humbled by being compared to greatness. BTW Edgar Allen is a favorite of mine. 🙂
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Both writers are considered a favorite by me, and I would say you are at home with both. 😉
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So many wonderful chilling lines for Friday the 13th, in this masterfully written ode Daniel. Most of what you have here is Shakespearean, “Hark now the day mere men can’t touch, the knight of England, has hailed his last, while Hurrsars carry metals below, do bend the heavens for battle to show.” I’m along for this wonderful October ride Daniel!
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Thank you Palbeth for a wonderful comment, I am honored to have it coming from such an artist as yourself. Wishing you a great weekend ahead!
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Thank you, all art is in the eye of the beholder or so I think. Your words Daniel really are something. I am impressed, and looking forward to the future, and what I might read!
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This is really different Daniel, hard to put it in a genre, but you can be assured it will stay with me.
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Thank you Annie, I usually don’t think about genre when I write, but probably should, it’s just what’s on the tip of my mind at the moment. Thanks again for a lovely comment.
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Your welcome, and being without genre is a good thing Daniel, you are very versatile with your writing.
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Chilling Daniel, and then I follow the links. Who would have thought Rudolph Churchill could have been Jack the Ripper. Your mind Daniel, I am happy to follow you throughout Halloween and beyond.
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Hi Karen, I am happy you followed the links. A bit of controversy it seems about Rudolph. I am not sure if I agree with it but still what an interesting web if so. Thank you for your lovely comment.
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Your welcome, it is an interesting story, I plan on following up on it more. What a history! 😉
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Indeed it is! 😉
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You write a mean melody of words Daniel, this was Shakespearean as Palbeth said!
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Thank you Brittany, I am humbled by your compliment, and I appreciate you reading and commenting on my work.
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Your welcome, it is an interesting piece, as is most you write!
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Brilliant, brilliant writing Daniel! ❤
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Hi Destiny, Thank you, I am honored by the compliment! 🙂
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Very welcome! 🙂
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From the beginning of this you had me hooked. I only didn’t want it to end, and I now wonder how it ends. My favorite words, “Nothing matters, to be so plain, in death no vanity, no new worlds to claim. Without no battles, or worlds to claim, what is this death, what’s left to obtain.” The music and requiem to Churchill fit so well!
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Hi Lauren, Thank you, for a wonderful compliment. I did think about a more conclusive ending, and then settled on Churchill being what he was in mortality, invisible in the fog of eternity. 🙂
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It was the best way to end it. It gave me a better appreciation of who the man was, and the funeral video was very memorable. Everything went together so well with your words.
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I can’t add much more to what has already been said Daniel. Your artistry and creativity continue to amaze me. This was one of your best. I know I say that almost with each piece. 😉 ❤ Ruby
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Hi Ruby, of course I am honored each time you say it, and very thankful that you always read and comment. Makes my day each time. Daniel 🙂
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Always will! 😉 Seriously, this was really well done Daniel! ❤
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This is genius Daniel, what is beyond, facing a future or a past, what is beyond? ❤
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Thank you, I am humbled by your comment, faith I think is a matter of tricking our soul into believing we know what is beyond. I think Churchill fought what is, and probably going forth fought what is! 😉
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I have to agree, and very well put. In Judaism I find what is and how it relates to my heritage is my future. 🙂
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You handled this well Daniel, a tricky subject matter that we Brits think about with old Winnie and his Father! I haven’t seen much on this lately but your piece resonates and as always is perfection!
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Thank you Steve, coming from a Brit, I’m honored. The theory on Churchill’s father I find fascinating. I have read up on it what I could find online, but still would like to find a more definitive piece somewhere.
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Your welcome Daniel. I too find the subject interesting. I will look around and see what I can find on the matter, and send it your way.
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Thank you very much Steve, I will do the same on my side of the pond, and let you know if I find anything.
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interesting you tube video below if you haven’t seen it already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn8uUqSQj3s
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Thanks Steve I have not but will take a look!
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Add my voice to the impressed, this was fabulous!
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Thank you Elizabeth, so happy you liked this. Wishing to a great day!
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You as well Daniel! ❤
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Another piece we would like to talk to you about. 😉
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Very nice and thank you. I believe my email is current, will look forward to the discussion! 🙂
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I will write something your way today! 🙂
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Crazy good Daniel! ❤
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Hi Kat, thank you very much. 🙂
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YW! 🙂
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Very different Daniel, I read and re-read a couple of times. Your words are classic, with layers of meaning. The links were great as was the music and video. It was like being there.
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Thank you Albina, I am so fortunate to have readers that enjoy my work, and receive something from it. I am happy you liked the video as well, I found it to be very sombering but at the same time it gave me an idea of Churchill’s greatness.
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It was sombering, but at the same time it had an eternal greatness to it. Your words blended perfectly with it.
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There is so much in this piece Daniel, hidden meanings, classic prose, and chills. I enjoyed it and as always am looking forward to the next stanza. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you Anlosa, I am happy you enjoyed this piece. I am also honored you would wait for the next piece. 🙂
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Your welcome Daniel. ❤
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This one gave me a real turn Daniel, some of your best writing yet!
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Thank you very much Carmel, so happy you enjoyed it. m:)
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I listened to the music thoroughly as I read and then I saw them too, father and son it were, suspended in time and death, above the chasm of earth. Well I did follow through on the links too. 😉 This was so good Daniel! ❤ Heather
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Uh Heather, that was pretty good, maybe you should do some writing of your own! 😉 Thank you for the wonderful compliment. 🙂
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Funny, I have thought about it, and after a compliment from you perhaps I shall! ❤
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I think you know I can’t let this one pass without commenting. You have surpassed yourself here, going as the Starship enterprise where no person has ventured before, dare say an adventurous madman. 🙂 It was really good my friend, please more! 🙂
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Thank you Wang, what a kind compliment, more than I deserve but I will take it my friend. 😉
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Your always welcome Daniel!
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No doubt I’m lost in a long line of comments I see here, yet still I wanted to let you know this was incredible!
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Never lost kind sir, and I do appreciate it for you are the king. Seriously thank you very much Kyle!
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Welcome Daniel, and thank you for the vote of confidence! 😉
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Great visuals Daniel, and my favorite so far this month! ❤
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Thank you, I am happy you liked this, it always makes my day! 🙂
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I often think you must write what you feel, and then I think you write what you see, and then I know you feel what you see. Rather proud of myself brother I figured it out, and by the way this was marvelous. 😉
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My dear friend, I appreciate your comments very much, and I rely on you always to have figured it all out, I have to follow somebody! 😉
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I was just a young boy Daniel, but I remember the talk of the funeral at my family’s dinner table. My old man was a big Churchill fan, therefore I was a Churchill fan. 🙂 Once again you have weaved an incredible tale, and I marvel at your craftsmanship.
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Hi Bill, thank you as always for a marvelous comment. I remember visiting a church in Fulton Missouri, as a child that had been moved stone by stone from England. It was on the site where Churchill gave his famous Iron Curtain speech. History is wonderful. Wishing you a great week my friend.
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Very familiar with that church and its history in Fulton Daniel, I agree with you my young friend, history is indeed wonderful!
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First off, the Sir Winston Churchill video was intensely moving, chilling actually. This is a wonderful tribute to someone I only know from history. I’ve always loved history, it makes the present more understandable, often, like it or not!
So you have made a a fab prose, and a great article, chilling in a different way, for this month.
Excellent!! A+
I want you to know that I check out all the links you include, just in case I don’t understand clearly, although I usually do. I don’y have time to read the download right now, but I will in a more leisurely moment.
Sometimes WP is a bit odd. I went into my “Followed sites” to see what was up with the email notifications. You weren’t even there, yet the icon in the lower right, says I am following. So, I signed up again.Maybe it will work, now!
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Hi Resa, I am not sure what is going on with WP either, I don’t receive notifications on your post a good deal of the time, so I have done as you did and re enlisted so as to speak. I am not to concerned however because I know we will always find each other, it was destiny my friend. Thank you as always for your kind comments on my ramblings! 🙂
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