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Open Poetry #47

On the Eastern Horizon

martiniat8
Senior Member

since 2003-06-21

Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

0 posted 2011-08-03 05:58 PM

Into these blue shades I seep
venturing out from these four walls
is an exercise in heartbreak

roaming the streets
missing them before I go
leaving the friends I haven't told.

Leaning out the window on Benediktska
glancing at the beautiful women
walking below.

and as the Eastern world ends its sleep
waking to a new day
in the half of the world I have not seen yet

a German drunken tourist passes bellow
outside my window
grunting, yelling, screaming

not so different from any other night

in Praha 1.
A woman I once loved
still care about,
dances 200 meters from where I lay.

Disappointed that I'm not going to see her tonight
not knowing I'm hiding
not knowing my upcoming flight.

And tomorrow, to sing
with a new prospective girlfriend
and my komrad dj

they know not either
what will they say?

Doors shut here
in bureaucratic melody
a traveler wanting to stay,
becomes a cacophony.

Hiding from the moonlight
searching for the promise of a new home, a new hope
half a world and 6,000 miles away.

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

1 posted 2011-08-03 07:29 PM

martiniat8,
Sounds like a new adventure,
enjoyed your poem,
ebonygirl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2011-08-05 03:21 PM

I particularly love the second verse... goodbyes are no less poignant because they're unspoken. Very touching!

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2011-08-18 01:14 PM

I think, after reading you several times, I, almost, live in paradise.

Thanks for letting us see with your eyes, my friend.

j.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2011-08-18 01:35 PM

Though an exercise in heartbreak, I believe you won't regret going out and saying your silent and eventually spoken goodbyes to Prague, the city you love so much. Lovely sensitive poem.

Owl

martiniat8
Senior Member

since 2003-06-21

Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

5 posted 2011-08-18 03:52 PM

Thanks for your kind words, everybody... Its only a mater of time now

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