Mona Lisa Eyes (An Oldie, Revised A Lot)

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Open Poetry #13

Mona Lisa Eyes (An Oldie, Revised A Lot)

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

0 posted 2001-04-07 08:57 PM

Mona Lisa Eyes

Da Vinci's femme fatale
mysterious dark beauty, immortalized,
stare of innocent seduction
she holds the secrets of womanhood in her eyes,
skin, soft and elegant, silk-spun as creme brulee,
come hither smile stirs beat of souls a-flutter
entrancing, romancing admirers, eve through day,
in curious surrender, she poses for a lover,
a masterpiece unrivaled
exquisite goddess captured forever
with brushstrokes of cunning stride,
yet, time weathers the colours
the paint reveals the pain behind the depth of eyes,
the grace of her face begins to age,
solemn worn cracks of misery
sink deeper into this cage of shallow sage,
mute torment, soliloquy of lonely
~
Only a few know
in her heart, shackles and wildflowers grow,
framed in glass to cry,
Mona Lisa eyes, have I

~*By Melissa Honeybee*~

[This message has been edited by Melissa Honeybee (edited 04-08-2001).]

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-04-07 09:34 PM

Yes, Yes, oh I love the entire thing.......this is one of my favorite pictures and the poem goes so well with it!!!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-04-07 09:42 PM

Melissa~
I love it !
Shades of Ethel Barrymore drama ... she was tops !
Wonderful !

quote:
When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

Ethel Barrymore
Love ya'
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-04-07 10:30 PM

Beautifully done, Melissa.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2001-04-08 12:09 PM

This is lovely and poetic. Even Goddesses crack and age. How sad. Joyce

Chelsea~
Member

since 2001-02-09

Posts 260
Ontario, CANADA

5 posted 2001-04-08 11:08 AM

missy,

expressed with deep
sadness, haunting comparison
between you and her

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