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soul drifter
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0 posted 2004-09-13 01:16 AM


Follow The Moon

Where is my nightingale girl this night?
empty horse carriage, empty arms, empty expression
a cold blue park, dark but for the shards of moon
falling through the leaves, ringed with sadness
my eyes wreathed in weariness, glazed with vacant poems
slipping slowly out to fall upon my coat, like rain
I’m following the moon down the dreamland road of night
lined with empty black tuxedos, empty dresses aglow
in the lonely satellite’s cold pearl embrace
gravestones of rose waltz evenings and crumbled napkins
stuffed into these sweaty hands of mine like autumn leaves
falling from branch to desperate branch
beyond the grove of green eyes, brown eyes, hazel too
but most of all dark blue eyes gripping me in the heart
just as the wind whips about the bare trees and colorless scenes
in bitter, blustery November, cutting right through me
so I’ll follow the moon until it crumbles into the sea
and then I’ll let destiny's winds fill my ragged sails
to take me where I will, where I can, where I might escape
that sunny, unforgettable face of her… always her

"Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2004-09-13 01:33 AM


what a feeling...nice write
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2 posted 2004-09-13 10:28 PM


"falling from branch to desperate branch"
This is only one line that stands out in my mind. You write with vivid intensity, wonderfully colorful emotional imagery.

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