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EmmaRose
Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376
Midwest

0 posted 2013-10-20 10:19 PM




Forsaking logic for lyric, a
heart interrupted, vacant as
sycamores grieve of their greens,
the nests of late summer morph into
dark scarlet cinders, and roses
retreat in their red ribbon caskets.
As runaway chimes and cobblestone
dancers trip on their moment of shine,
strung out on stars, far, you can still
startle me with unexpected etchings
of your manhood

If only to turn from these moments
of sighs, where miles of lush pasture
collapse into love's greatest graveyards,
where barely a robin ventures for respite
or accolades

But o so lonesome for you, stays me,
driving this falling to knees, as
the timing of songs recall the shout
of your name, in bold lettered marquise,
when lesser suitors now dim or rust in mere
whisper, never to maim, lacerate, or to
puncture, in such the depth of your
rapture, upon this still fragile heart
of remember.

[This message has been edited by EmmaRose (10-21-2013 03:46 PM).]

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2013-10-20 10:50 PM


Your last stanza says it all. Though you seems to not be able to stay with him, his skill at giving you what you desired, but backing off at the crucial time speaks volumes. You are working through your pain with your poetry. THAT is a good way to go.

~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
2 posted 2013-10-23 04:58 AM


EmmaRose, I ache for your pain, but you clothe it in Nature’s most exquisite garments so sensitively, that I feel guilty for enjoying the art and excellence, though regretting the emotions you went through to paint this masterful cameo.  

Owl

soul drifter
Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711
Colorado
3 posted 2013-10-24 10:59 AM


Marvelous! You're imbuing pain with beauty in your words, and isn't that the reason we make deathless art [that and to communicate something]? Incredibly well written.
jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
4 posted 2013-10-28 01:55 PM


Always enjoy you...and agree with Jerry about the last stanza...

much enjoyed.

j.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
5 posted 2013-11-12 09:02 PM


a pleasure...James
2islander2
Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825
by the sea
6 posted 2013-11-13 12:56 PM


very well written,


yann


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