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Open Poetry #37

Midnight Butterfly

D.Lester Young
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since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2006-05-17 10:18 PM

The flower grew on the jagged edge of isolation.
One of a kind, upon an island of transformation,
It blossomed bright in the sunlight of the night.
As if a star joining the celestial choir of delight.

Its wings were shimmering silken sheen dreams
Floating upon a universe of one of a kind reality.
Yet abstract contrasts carried moonbeam shadows,
Fingers nailing ground to a web of gripping gloom.

Stillness, oh that stillness that drowns the silence.
Devouring one in the fog of haunting mortality.
Floating, oh that buoyancy that frees the wind
To sweep the ground in its moaning muted gasp.

Rooted upon the desires, clinging to a rim of flight,
Tethered shackled held back deep breath of womb.
Yet to dance upon the midnight clear Cinderella,
High as a kite setting sail across the ocean of black.

The umbilical cord breaking free the midnight butterfly
Casting its spell upon the void of unknown deliveries,
To wail its individual presence upon the gleaming light,
Metamorphic midnight butterfly altered into a fairy princess.

David L. (D.Lester) Young 05/16 to 05/17/06 ©
De-Terminated poet, somewhere in America not on company

Changed last Line:

Transmigration of the Midnight Butterfly into a Princess.
David L. (D.Lester) Young 05/16/06 ©

[This message has been edited by D.Lester Young (05-18-2006 01:42 PM).]

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
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1 posted 2006-05-17 11:21 PM

"Stillness, oh that stillness that drowns the silence.
Devouring one in the fog of haunting mortality.
Floating, oh that buoyancy that frees the wind
To sweep the ground in its moaning muted gasp"

phenomenal visuals with this...
whoa...

too cool.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2006-05-18 03:35 PM

Oh, yes, I did enjoy the read and this -

"Stillness, oh that stillness that drowns the silence.
Devouring one in the fog of haunting mortality.
Floating, oh that buoyancy that frees the wind
To sweep the ground in its moaning muted gasp."

Deserves to be quoted again. Lovely!

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